"It became very clear to me that Yooralla……" — Stella Young
"It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with disability as it was in giving a pat on the back to journalists who maintained the status quo by giving readers the warm and fuzzies over their morning paper."
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Stella Young
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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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Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.
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People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable.
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