Eleanor Beidatsch is used to overcoming the odds, but even she thought a career in palaeontology would be a bridge too far.
The 30-year-old was convinced her passion would only ever be a hobby, but her dreams came true nearly 4,000 kilometres away from her West Australian home.
Each played a role in Eleanor's daily needs but were faced with the daunting task of delivering that on the road, often hours away from the nearest township.(The clan had clocked up roughly 3,800km from Mount Barker when they arrived at the University of New England campus in Armidale, northern NSW. "Managing to camp across the Nullarbor, with someone with Eleanor's degree of disability, on a tiny budget, I hope that others with disabilities can see it is possible," she said.Doctors told Eleanor's mother to expect the worst when she was born."They said the end is inevitable and that underpinning attitude has been problematic throughout her life."Eleanor's passion for palaeontology began with a CD about whale and dolphin evolution when she was nine years old.
"Geoscience is traditionally a more able-bodied discipline; that bias has kept people out of earth science for a long time," she said. UNE was well aware of the journey Eleanor faced before she could join her peers on the stage, and invited her to give the vote of thanks at the graduation ceremony.
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