The Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association was the peak body for sport, recreation and fitness for people with a physical disability or vision impairment in the Australian state of Queensland.
In January 2024, all the staff, assets and liabilities of the association were to be transitioned to Spinal Life Australia, with the words 'Sporting Wheelies' only retained as a business name.[1]
The not-for-profit organisation's mission was 'to enhance the lives of people with a disability through community engagement and education, sport and healthy activity', and was changed after 2019 to 'Engage, empower and develop people with a disability to live a more healthy, active and fulfilled life of their choosing'.[2] It supported people with a range of disabilities including acquired brain injury, amputations, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, other neuromuscular and orthopaedic conditions, and vision impairment (partial or total vision loss). The organisation's sports programs and services encouraged participation from social level through to elite competition such as the Paralympic Games.
The organisation's headquarters was in Brisbane, about September 2020, moving from 60 Edmondstone Road, Bowen Hills, to 30 Dover Street, Albion.[3] There were offices in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay and Central Queensland. The now Brisbane-only business moved on 5 September 2023 to 2 Kilroe Street, Milton.[4]