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In this episode I talk with Emily Ayles to discover how she goes about connecting people with disability to sport through her work at Novita.
In this episode I talk with Emily Ayles to discover how she goes about connecting people with disability to sport through her work at Novita.
Emily Ayles is the connectability project officer at Novita, which is a leading disability service provider in South Australia. Emily has been delivering the Connectability service at Novita for over 12 years, and like me, and hopefully like you Emily loves to see the difference that sport can make in people's lives. In addition to this, Emily is a national classifier for the Paralympic sport of Boccia and is an experienced practitioner in Para-sport and adaptive physical activity.
In today's chat, we talk about how Emily links participants to sport options that meet their needs, and we also discuss some of the barriers and challenges that her clients face, and more importantly, how to overcome those.
00:00 Intro
02:59 About Emily
10:09 About Connectability
17:17 Emily's process
20:35 Barriers
27:35 Success story
34:12 Role of the NDIS
41:35 Sport and rec in day services
48:04 Quick fire questions
53:29 Emily's inclusion tip
55:07 Conclusion
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Learn about Classification - https://www.paralympic.org.au/classification/
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