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
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
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
The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder. — Stella Young Compassion 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
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
People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S. — Stella Young Communities 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
In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I… — Stella Young Adults 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
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
Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does. — Stella Young About 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
No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp, — Stella Young Amount 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 Best Copy Share Image
Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action. — Stella Young Action 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 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 have always felt like a loved, valued and equal member of my family. — Stella Young Always 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 About 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
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
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 Disabled 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
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
