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Wheelchair basketball immediately hooked Paul Gooda, and the team sport would save his life

On a night out in central Queensland, Paul Gooda, then 19, jumped in the car with a drunk driver – it changed his life forever.

"I had my accident in 1982, and so I'm paraplegic," he said.

The Ghungalu man said adjusting to life with a disability was a difficult time and he struggled with low self-confidence for years.

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