Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought. — Stella Young Body Copy Share Image
I have always felt like a loved, valued and equal member of my family. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability. — Stella Young Disability Copy Share Image
The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals. — Stella Young Beauty Copy Share Image
As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with… — Stella Young Age Copy Share Image
From time to time, people pat me on the head. It happens on public transport, in the supermarket, in bars. It's a… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I once choked on a chip at a friend's birthday when I was seven and had to be sent home, as I'd… — Stella Young Birthday Copy Share Image
I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are… — Stella Young Disability Copy Share Image
The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia's 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes… — Stella Young Australia Copy Share Image
The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an employer who's going to be… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a… — Stella Young Abuse Copy Share Image
It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
“For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are… — Stella Young Disability Copy Share Image
In my own home, where I've been able to create an environment that works for me, I'm hardly disabled at all. I… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
“03:11 And in the past few years, we've been able to propagate this lie even further via social media. You may have… — Stella Young Bad attitude Copy Share Image
Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I've been an atheist ever since I heard there was only a stairway to heaven — Stella Young Atheist Copy Share Image
Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S. — Stella Young Communities Copy Share Image
I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities. — Stella Young Access Copy Share Image
If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action. — Stella Young Action Copy Share Image
The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder. — Stella Young Compassion Copy Share Image
No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp, — Stella Young Copy Share Image
My everyday life in which I do exactly the same things as everyone else should not inspire people, and yet I am… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards. — Stella Young Justice Copy Share Image
For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud. — Stella Young Disabilities Copy Share Image
