"I have a condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI),……" — Stella Young
"I have a condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), which has affected my growth and bone strength. In short, people with the kind of OI I have generally experience hundreds of fractures in their lifetime and use wheelchairs for mobility."
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41 Quotes by Stella Young
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We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in…
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No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp,
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Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.
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In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a…
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I've been an atheist ever since I heard there was only a stairway to heaven
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I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same…
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I grew up in a very small country town in Victoria. I had a very normal, low-key kind of upbringing.…
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I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong,…
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Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these…
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Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with…
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It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by…
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Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.
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