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
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
Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful… — Stella Young 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 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
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
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
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
In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I… — Stella Young 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
In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to… — Stella Young 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible. — Stella Young 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 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 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
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically. — Stella Young 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
We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. — Stella Young Ableism 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 Copy Share Image
People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
When patronised, I'm unfortunately more flight than fight. Perhaps it's because I actually feel quite wounded. — Stella Young 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 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 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 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 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
The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth… — Stella Young 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
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 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 Copy Share Image
