Quotes by Stella Young

About Stella Young:

Stella Jane Young was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability advocate.
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My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

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We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to see disabled people in our daily lives.

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Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness.

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I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism.

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Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought.

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We fill our lives with all sorts of things that make it easier for us to get along in the world: wheelchairs, crutches, grabber sticks, hearing aids, canes, guide dogs, modified vehicles, ramps, as well as other kinds of services and supports. Disabi...

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If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting.

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In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.

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I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability.

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It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.

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People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.

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Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.

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Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of systemic discrimination and abuse faced by disabled people.

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Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities.

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Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for.

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When patronised, I'm unfortunately more flight than fight. Perhaps it's because I actually feel quite wounded.

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We all learn how to use the bodies we're born with, or learn to use them in an adjusted state, whether those bodies are considered disabled or not.

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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. I went to school, I hung out with my friends, I fought with my younger sisters. It was all very normal.

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I identify very proudly as a disabled woman. I identify with the crip community. I didn't invent the word 'crip'. It's a political ideology I came to in my late teens and early 20s.

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From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we're bombarded by requests to be 'aware' of one thing or another.

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From my first days in Washington D.C., where I rolled a whole four downtown blocks without seeing a single shop, cafe, bar or restaurant I could not access, to the beautifully accessible buses in New York City, I was in heaven.

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Author Bio

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