No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp, — Stella Young Amount Copy Share Image
Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine. — Stella Young Machine Copy Share Image
If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting. — Stella Young Everyone 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
Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action. — Stella Young Action Copy Share Image
People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S. — Stella Young Communities Copy Share Image
Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities. — Stella Young Access Copy Share Image
I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work. — Stella Young Able 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 Best 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 About 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 Allowed Copy Share Image
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible. — Stella Young Because 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 Adjusted 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
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
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 Aristocrats 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
In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to… — Stella Young Ask 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
It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with… — Stella Young Back 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
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
The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and… — Stella Young Australia Copy Share Image
The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth… — Stella Young Allowed 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
Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does. — Stella Young About Copy Share Image
Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history. — Stella Young Built 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 Celebrated Copy Share Image
The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you. — Stella Young About Copy Share Image
I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism. — Stella Young Among 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
I have always felt like a loved, valued and equal member of my family. — Stella Young Always Copy Share Image
Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought. — Stella Young Body Copy Share Image
People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable. — Stella Young About 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 After 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
