Quotes by Stella Young

About Stella Young:

Stella Jane Young was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability advocate.
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As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.

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I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.

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My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going to be a plumber when I grew up.

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The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an employer who's going to be cool about employing someone with a disability in a job you actually want to do.

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I once choked on a chip at a friend's birthday when I was seven and had to be sent home, as I'd broken my collarbone coughing.

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For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.

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The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the experience of disability, particularly those whose impairments prohibit them from communicating verbally, is insensitive at best.

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I've got the best job in the world; I love it. I get to meet so many interesting people, and I get to make sure that other people with disabilities can tell their own stories as well.

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In days gone by, short-statured people were not only labelled as ugly, stupid and freakish, they were often owned by aristocrats and treated, at best, as entertainment and, at worst, as pets.

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In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to provide one. Believe me, nothing says 'I'm the best person for this job' quite like asking an employer to pay to interview...

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Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

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For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are there to inspire.

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My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well for me.

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People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable.

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The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.

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As a wheelchair user, I am utterly obsessed with toilets, and all my friends know it. A simple invitation to the pub is consistently followed by, 'Do you know if they have an accessible toilet?'

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The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.

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We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of the 'right' reaction, so they default to condescension that makes them feel better in the face of their discomfort.

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Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to find employment in the first place, take enormous pride in our hard-fought jobs and careers.

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I do not identify as a person with a disability. I'm a disabled person. And I'll be a monkey's disabled uncle if I'm going to apologise for that.

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Author Bio

  • NameStella Young
  • DescriptionAustralian comedian, journalist and disability advocate
  • Born1982
  • DiedDecember 8, 2014
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionJournalist