I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly 'what's wrong' with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don't identify… — Stella Young Always 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 About 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 Always 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 About 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 Been Copy Share Image
Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities. — Stella Young Access 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 Bed Copy Share Image
When patronised, I'm unfortunately more flight than fight. Perhaps it's because I actually feel quite wounded. — Stella Young Actually Copy Share Image
I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism. — Stella Young Among 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 Able 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 Accessible 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 Afford 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
I've lost count of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm… — Stella Young Any Copy Share Image
Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to… — Stella Young Career 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
“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
We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of… — Stella Young Better Copy Share Image
Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine. — Stella Young Machine 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
I, like many women, buy into patriarchal standards of beauty every day. I very rarely leave the house without make-up. I dye… — Stella Young Beauty Copy Share Image
The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the… — Stella Young Appreciation 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 Achieve Copy Share Image
