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
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
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
The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you. — 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
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
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
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
I don't generally talk about medical terms when I discuss my position as a disabled person. I take a social rather than… — 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
People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable. — Stella Young 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
I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly 'what's wrong' with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don't identify the name… — 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 see disabled… — 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 looked at… — 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 in need… — Stella Young 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 been predictable. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities. — 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 where we… — Stella Young 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
I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism. — Stella Young 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 week. It's… — 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 is consistently… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
