But what about the public transport? Well, the organisers recognised they couldn’t do much about their old and dense Metro system and the city's sometimes inaccessible street layout, but they focused on what they could change.
So they created more accessible bus routes, shuttle buses and accessible taxis that together with a relatively accessible public transport app, aimed to cater for the 350,000 disabled visitors.
The system was by no means perfect, but it showed progress nonetheless.
During my time there I was lucky enough to see wheelchair basketball, athletics, boccia, para table tennis and goalball.
In each sport the skill level was high, the playing quality was outstanding and I saw records broken. I felt incredibly grateful to be there!
Because in what any other four days can anyone ever see that much live sport and at that level?
The ParalympicsGB team delivered outstanding results and thrived in a full (and loud!) stadium and, for the third consecutive Games, they were second in the medal table.
And even if you couldn’t attend in person, you could follow the action on Channel 4, from where 20 million people watched, achieving the biggest audience share in 12 years for the channel.
Paris’ were also the most accessible Games ever, as 91% of the presenting and commenting team were disabled – 30% of crew in total.
There were also repeated adverts for Every Body Moves – the inclusive sport and physical activity finder.
All these elements have truly set the bar for future Games high. Very high.
The main purpose of my visit to Paris was to attend the Championing Change reception with ParalympicsGB.
This was the launch of their new social impact strategy together with the launch of Equal Play – their campaign and policy paper to garner a commitment to ensuring every child has the same access to PE and sport at school.
The Equal Play campaign’s goal is to ensure that no child is left on the sidelines, as just one in four disabled children say they take part regularly in sport at school.
There are 1.5 million disabled children – 15% of the school population – and so the figures of those who do not participate are stark, but the documentary that goes with it has been brilliantly done.
Present at the event were multiple stakeholders from across the sector, which included a notable visit from UK’s Government Minister of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy.
She echoed the call to support the human rights of disabled children to play sport, as part of a bold new ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children in our history.
Gathering momentum afterwards, there has now been an open letter sent to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer about Equal Play from ParalympicsGB that has gained significant traction across the sector and on social media, as well as from the athletes themselves.
So much more to come
However, despite all the progress we have seen there is still so much to be done to challenge the many inequalities faced by disabled people in sport and physical activity.
Our Active Lives surveys constantly tells us that disabled people are still twice as likely to be physically inactive.
And of course not every disabled person can or wants to become a Paralympian and it is true that elite sport is only for a few. However, getting society to the point where every disabled person can play sport, be active and move more in everyday life is even more important.
So it’s everybody’s responsibility to step up, to consider our approaches and to provide wholly accessible opportunities for everybody to be able to enjoy the benefits from moving.
In the words of Paralympian Stef Reid MBE: “The inclusion revolution is officially on!” and I couldn't agree more.
