Betts learned of the revolutionary work of Sir Ludwig Guttmann working with senior physiotherapist, Eileen Perrottet, at the hospital's 'day attendance and residential centre', the largest rehabilitation centre in Australia where paraplegic patients were being assisted by the hospital's rehabilitation programs.
[5] From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, Betts organised sporting activities for people with spinal cord injuries, at army drill halls at Chatswood then at [[Homebush, New South Wales |Homebush]] suburbs of Sydney, and later at the Lidcombe hospital's old cafeteria which was used until the construction of the Kevin Betts Stadium, at Mount Druitt in 1986.
[4] Appointed to the council of management of the Paraplegic and quadriplegic Association of New South Wales, Betts was Director of the Sports Sub Committee 1972 to 1973, attending most meetings from 1972 to 1984.
Notably as team manager he ensured that the competitors at the 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics would have adequate bedding, after they were provided with straw mattresses to sleep on.
[10] According to Doctor John Grant, Betts was one of the longest serving persons in the technical area of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation.