Jurassic journey for woman with spinal atrophy to accept degree for palaeontology | ABC Australia

Eleanor Beidatsch is used to overcoming the odds, but even she thought a career in palaeontology would be a bridge to 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 Western Australia home. Eleanor recently graduated with first class honours in geoscience at University of New England (UNE), travelling from Mount Barker in a van to receive her degree in person. Eleanor has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1 and has virtually no use of her arms or legs. 📽 Video produced by James Paras and edited by Anthony Scully Subscribe 🔔 ___________________________________________ Web: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: ___________________________________________ Please note: On most of our videos, the captions/subtitles are auto-generated by YouTube. This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC’s Online Conditions of Use (Section 3).