Stella Young Quotes
Top 44 wise famous quotes and sayings by Stella Young
Stella Young Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Stella Young on Wise Famous Quotes.
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.
We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.
For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.
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.
Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for.
I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.
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.
It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.
Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.
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.
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.
The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's that no-one will let us.
As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
When patronised, I'm unfortunately more flight than fight. Perhaps it's because I actually feel quite wounded.
The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.
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.
For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and looked at everywhere I go.
I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.
People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable.
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.
Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness.
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.