Fit Your Ability is Australia’s Most Inclusive/Diverse

“For many, there is still an assumption that someone living with disability either can’t exercise, shouldn’t exercise, or won’t benefit from exercise in the same ways and the same places everyone else does.”

“For many people living with disability, they don’t need special facilities for ‘special needs’. They need personal trainers, gyms and gym members to be more inclusive. They are out there, but that message is often lost behind the louder culture of aesthetics, gym selfies and high performance. 

Hunt regularly speaks at both disability and fitness industry events and is often published, advocating for stronger links between the two sectors.

“We spend a lot of time telling the disability sector how important fitness is, while at the same time telling the fitness industry how important it is to become more accessible to people living with disability.”

“Disability does not mean inability. We should be asking how someone can exercise, not assuming they can’t.”

“To now win this award is incredibly meaningful because inclusion and diversity is such a broad category. It also reflects AUSactive’s commitment as our industry body to making fitness more inclusive.”

“We are talking about 4.3 million Australians living with disability. This isn’t a small niche.”

“Inclusivity needs to be more than a word used by the fitness industry. It needs to mean genuine access and genuine opportunity for people who have historically been left out.”