Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I do not identify as a person with a disability. I'm a disabled person. And I'll be a monkey's disabled uncle if… — Stella Young Disability Copy Share Image
For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well… — Stella Young Father Copy Share Image
In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very small country town in Victoria. I had a very normal, low-key kind of upbringing. I went… — Stella Young Country Copy Share Image
I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone… — Stella Young Body Copy Share Image
I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Disability informs almost every part of my life. It's as important, if not more so, than my gender and sexuality. It's certainly… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Believe me, people with disabilities are just as concerned about benefit fraud as anyone else. Money spent on those who are not… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
From my first days in Washington D.C., where I rolled a whole four downtown blocks without seeing a single shop, cafe, bar… — Stella Young Access Copy Share Image
It is a truth universally acknowledged that from puberty onwards, the female body is disgusting and unruly and must be tamed, trimmed… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
When I was seven and watched an episode of 'Beyond 2000' that featured a floating armchair, I thought we'd definitely have one… — Stella Young Armchair Copy Share Image
When patronised, I'm unfortunately more flight than fight. Perhaps it's because I actually feel quite wounded. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I identify very proudly as a disabled woman. I identify with the crip community. I didn't invent the word 'crip'. It's a… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I went to school, I got good marks, I had a very low key after-school job, and I spent a lot of… — Stella Young After school Copy Share Image
I currently live independently without any funded support. I'm educated, and I'm employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for. — Stella Young Access Copy Share Image
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
In days gone by, short-statured people were not only labelled as ugly, stupid and freakish, they were often owned by aristocrats and… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. — Stella Young Ableism Copy Share Image
By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every… — Stella Young Day Copy Share Image
The Paralympics have for too long been considered the poor cousin of the Olympics. It's always run after the main games and… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
We all learn how to use the bodies we're born with, or learn to use them in an adjusted state, whether those… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I've got the best job in the world; I love it. I get to meet so many interesting people, and I get… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
People get all up in arms when I describe myself as a crip because what they hear is the word 'cripple,' and… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
As a wheelchair user, I am utterly obsessed with toilets, and all my friends know it. A simple invitation to the pub… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I let go of the notion of wanting someone to ignore the way I look in order to find me attractive, because… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
We fill our lives with all sorts of things that make it easier for us to get along in the world: wheelchairs,… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I quickly learned that asking if an interview space was wheelchair accessible was a bad idea; it gave a potential employer an… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
