Dr Dinesh Palipana on Quadriplegia

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is Growing Bold in the face of adversity and having the courage to face your fears. Our guest is Queensland’s first quadriplegic doctor, Doctor Dinesh Palipana (OAM). Dr Dinesh Palipana, is founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia and has been named as Queensland’s 2021 Australian of Year. In this episode we will discover just how Dinesh became a quadriplegic, the effect it had on his family, why he fled back to his native country Sri Lanka, and what drove him to come back and finish his medical degree and become a doctor.