Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't… — Stella Young Bed Copy Share Image
I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us… — Stella Young Because 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
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
Disability informs almost every part of my life. It's as important, if not more so, than my gender and sexuality. It's certainly… — Stella Young Almost Copy Share Image
Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a… — Stella Young Abuse Copy Share Image
It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a… — Stella Young Accessible 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 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
I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone… — Stella Young Body 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
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 Able Copy Share Image
I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia's 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes… — Stella Young Australia 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
In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I… — Stella Young Adult Copy Share Image
