Welcome to Abilympics Australia

The Abilympics movement was founded in the 70s in Japan: it is a wide spectrum of activities intensively supporting the employment of people with disabilities. The supreme international authority of this movement is the International Abilympic Federation (IAF) with its headquarters in Japan.

One of the activities of the IAF are the Intrnational Abilympics, regular organisation of world workskill events for people with disabilities. The aim of those competition is to encourage people with disabilities to take active part in the labour market by improving their vocational skills. All participants have an opportunity to demonstrate their standard of workmanship in open competition with disabled people from other countries, i.e. on an international level. Final results depend exclusively on the quality of the performance.

Special discussion and lectures aimed at various aspects of the lives of people with disabilities organised during the IA. A rich programme of social and cultural events is an integral part of the competition.

The 1st IA was held in Japan in 1981. The competition was then organised by Columbia in 1988, the 3rd IA took place in Hong Kong in 1991. The 4th PERTH Australia 1995, 5th PRAGUE Czech Republic 2000, 6th NEW DELHI India 2003, 7th SHIZUOKA Japan 2007 and 8th Korea 2011.

Patron - in - Chief Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
President Nadine Mather-Brown
The late inaugural founder of Abilympics Australia Inc. John Fisher AM Cit. WA