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Realm Research

Origins — a documentary profile

Before Realm Research,
there was a journey.

Paul Amadeus Lane has been a broadcaster, journalist, technologist, accessibility consultant, speaker and community builder. He has been a power-wheelchair user for more than thirty years. This is the long version — told in chapters, written with his approval.

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His story isn't about what happened to him.
It's about what he built afterward.

  1. Chapter 01

    Music

    Paul's musical roots, his influences and what playing meant to him.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.
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  2. Chapter 02

    The moment everything changed

    The automobile accident and the spinal-cord injury that followed, in Paul's own words and only as he chooses to tell it.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

  3. Chapter 03

    The rebuild

    The years of relearning, adapting and starting again.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

  4. Chapter 04

    Finding his voice

    How Paul discovered that his voice was the instrument that carried forward.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

  5. Chapter 05

    Broadcasting

    Radio, journalism and the craft of telling other people's stories.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

  6. Chapter 06

    Technology

    Consumer technology, gaming and the tools that widen what's possible.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

  7. Chapter 07

    Accessibility

    Decades of accessibility consulting and inclusive design work.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.
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  8. Chapter 08

    Advocacy & community

    The organisations, people and audiences Paul has worked alongside.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

  9. Chapter 09

    Realm

    What the name Realm meant the first time around, and why it came back.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

  10. Chapter 10

    Realm Research

    Why a research company, and why now.

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    Paul's words go here. Nothing about this chapter — quotes, dates, band history, personal experiences — is written before he approves it.

Side B

The next chapter
is still being written.