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Stella Young Quotes

On the whole, my life is and has been wonderful.

– Stella Young

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.

– Stella Young

I currently live independently without any funded support. I’m educated, and I’m employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the economic life of Australia.

– Stella Young

Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can’t do very much for myself. I can’t get out of bed. I can’t get myself to the toilet. I certainly can’t get myself to work.

– Stella Young

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

– Stella Young

The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don’t understand.

– Stella Young

The Paralympics have for too long been considered the poor cousin of the Olympics. It’s always run after the main games and rarely gets anything like the media coverage.

– Stella Young

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.

– Stella Young

Let’s not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history.

– Stella Young

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

– Stella Young

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 brave or inspirational, and this was long before my work had any kind of public profile.

– Stella Young

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

– Stella Young

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

The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth that disabled people want to be other than what we are – that we’d like nothing more than to be ‘allowed in’ with the able-bodied competitors.

– Stella Young

Death is not treatment, even if it’s medically facilitated.

– Stella Young

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.

– Stella Young

My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn’t accessible.

– Stella Young

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

– Stella Young

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