Scott Harris
Scott Harris traveled the world solo with multiple disabilities to show us we can do anything we put our mind to. After a dirt bike accident in 2008, he spent three years at Epworth Rehabilitation learning to live with these disabilities and came out the other side with a completely new approach to life. He wrote the book Crashing Into Potential: Living with my injured brain, which tells the story of how he went from zero to hero despite being knocked down many times along the way.
Meet the Speaker
Where were you born?
I grew up in an outer north eastern lab of Melbourne called Research… sorry not a lab, a SUBURB!
What other jobs have you had?
My first part time job when I was 15 was flipping burgers at Maccas…or Miky D’s… or “McDonalds” as they call it. Then I scooped ice-cream as an ice-cream scooper guy and eventually found my place in life as an Electrician “tradie” guy. After my accident, I now work full time on fixing my body and inspiring people.
What themes are recurring in your work?
Resilience, Resilience, Resilience, Resilience, Resilience… ok that’s enough… (Resilience)
What have been the highlights of your career?
The highlights of my career have to be the lives that I impact. When someone comes up to me at the end of a presentation and tells me that I have changed their life; that is a rush!
Haven't I seen you before?
Me? Umm, maybe? Do you watch Channel 10’s The Project? Do you read the Sunday Herald Sun? The Age newspaper Melbourne? No? Well you probably heard me on ABC Radio Melbourne doing my thing!!
Anything else you'd like to share with us?
No, I’d like to learn more about you!
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The Injured Brain – Resilience 101 Keynote
Scott started his journey in 2008 and has been doing rehab ever since. For over nine years, Scott has been to learning how to...
The Injured Brain – Resilience 101 Workshop
After working on his mindset for over nine years following a life-threatening dirt bike accident that left him with an...
The Injured Brain – Concussion Workshop
The problem we have in society today is that there is very limited information that we know about the big ‘C’ word,...
The Injured Brain – How to live with brain damage
Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury is one of the hardest challenges one may face. Scott knows how difficult it is as he has...
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