At the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, ParalympicsGB unveiled The Retreat—a neuroinclusive performance space in the heart of the Village. More than a wellbeing room, it was performance infrastructure: a calm, flexible environment where athletes could regulate, recover, and prepare to compete. Learning from Tokyo 2020, where coping often replaced true recovery, The Retreat set a new gold standard with sensory-considerate design, self-regulation tools, and restorative spaces. Athlete feedback was clear: this wasn’t a luxury, but a necessity. By embedding neuroinclusion into elite environments, The Retreat showed how wellbeing and performance can thrive together—setting a benchmark for future Games and high-performance sport.

To close Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025, Neurodiverse Sport launched Beyond the Label—a powerful portrait series by photographer Jade Sellick. Featuring voices from athletes and advocates, the event challenged stereotypes and celebrated the authentic stories of neurodivergent athletes beyond medals and diagnoses.

“If you create a safe space for people to share their different experience of the world you can be an enabler. You can help people step out of their comfort zone and achieve things beyond their limits.”