14 February ryy 2025, Issue 1247
Time for action Once he was diagnosed with ADHD, it became Tauranga man Freddie Bennett’s mission to raise awareness about the challenges families and their children with neurodiversity encounter. To do so, in 2021, the clinical director
of Bay Paediatrics ran 320km across the North Pole and the Sahara desert and broke a Guinness World Record as the first man to run a lockdown ultramarathon. Bennett hoped it would encourage people like himself to think about what they can
do and look for their hidden talent, “rather than being ashamed of it or rather than trying to hide it”. Bennett will host an inspiring talk, with a range of speakers, called EPIC Families. There he’s aiming to connect whānau
with neurodiversity experts from across New Zealand, in Tauranga on March 8. “This is actually where we can prove to people what they are capable of.” Read more on page 6. Photo: Mikkel Beisner of Beyond The Ultimate.
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