My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going… — Stella Young About 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
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
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 Any 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 Came 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
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
From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems… — Stella Young Another Copy Share Image
I have a condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), which has affected my growth and bone strength. In short, people with the kind… — Stella Young Affected Copy Share Image
Even those among us who are lucky enough to love our jobs would have to admit that at least part of the… — Stella Young Admit Copy Share Image
“I am not here to inspire you. I am here to tell you that we have been lied to about disability. Yeah,… — Stella Young Bad thing 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
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
It is a truth universally acknowledged that from puberty onwards, the female body is disgusting and unruly and must be tamed, trimmed… — Stella Young Acknowledged 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 Aids 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 Adult Copy Share Image
Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit. — Stella Young Certainly 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
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 Also 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
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
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
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 Agency 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 About 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 Am Copy Share Image
Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful… — Stella Young Before 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
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 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 Bars 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 About 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 Able 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 Attracted 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 Able 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 About 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
