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Stella Young quotes: Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

Stella Young quotes: People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.

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

Stella Young quotes: Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit.

Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit.

Stella Young quotes: Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities.

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

Stella Young quotes: Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.

Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.

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

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

Stella Young quotes: We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.

Stella Young quotes: For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

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

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

Stella Young quotes: I have always felt like a loved, valued and equal member of my family.

I have always felt like a loved, valued and equal member of my family.

Stella Young quotes: I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work.

I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work.

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Stella Young quotes: I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.

I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.

Stella Young quotes: On the whole, my life is and has been wonderful.

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

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

Stella Young quotes: The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.

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

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

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 quotes: Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

Stella Young quotes: Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.

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

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

Stella Young quotes: No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp,

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp,

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Stella Young quotes: I've been an atheist ever since I heard there was only a stairway to heaven

I've been an atheist ever since I heard there was only a stairway to heaven

Stella Young quotes: As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.

As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.

Stella Young quotes: My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

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

Stella Young quotes: Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.

Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.

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

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

Stella Young quotes: The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Stella Young quotes: Death is not treatment, even if it's medically facilitated.

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

Stella Young quotes: People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable.

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

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

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

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Stella Young quotes: 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.

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.

Stella Young quotes: By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

Stella Young quotes: Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history.

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