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.

Neurodiverse Sport and the RFU have teamed up to launch a new suite of coaching resources, helping rugby coaches better support neurodivergent players. These practical tools are rooted in lived experience and designed to make every team environment more inclusive—from grassroots to elite.

Written by Maddy Nutt

Growing up without a formal diagnosis for autism, I very much learnt how to manage certain social situations and although on the outside I may appear to be thriving in these settings and an extrovert, inside my brain is a very different reality.