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Parents and advocates are calling for greater inclusivity in sporting clubs across Australia as aspiring athletes living with autism and disability describe ...

"These children have a future, and we shouldn't put them in a box and sports really opens the door for that," she said. "It is important that sporting bodies, from local clubs through to national sporting organisations, reflect the diversity in the communities they are a part of," a spokesperson said. "It is about education of coaches, it is inclusion, and it's just reminding coaches anywhere in Australia, in the world that they are athletes," she said. "I would love to just see some of the athletes I know, just to be able to go along to their local basketball competition and say, 'I'd like to play basketball' and they go, 'that's great'," she said. "It is a spectrum for that reason, they are all different," she said. "It can be tricky to find an instructor that is educated and knows what reasonable adjustments to put in place," she said.