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Stella Young
Stella Young
Australian Comedian
Born: Feb 24, 1982
Died: Dec 6, 2014
About Disability Life Me People You
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My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible. Stella Young
Broader Disability Environment Because Accessible Exists Wheelchair Use
I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us that we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses. Stella Young
People Subscribe Live Society Our Tells More Deliberately Disability Disabled Term Because Than Model Quite Which Social Us Bodies Use
Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action. Stella Young
Great You Change Action Know Does Anything Really Apology
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically. Stella Young
Equality Achieve Fall Thinking Too Everyone Equal Same Often Means Trap Treating
The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you. Stella Young
You Living About Disability Any Works Thing Adapt
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. Stella Young
Daily People Simple Think Our See About Simple Thing Disability Disabled Know Expect Really Lives Daily Lives Thing
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. Stella Young
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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. Disability does not necessarily mean dependence on other people. Stella Young
People World Other AIDS Our Guide Our Lives Easier Kinds Disability Vehicles Supports Along Crutches Well Make Sort Sticks Does Dogs Hearing Hearing Aids Get Dependence Mean Us Modified Fill Lives Things Necessarily Services
It is a truth universally acknowledged that from puberty onwards, the female body is disgusting and unruly and must be tamed, trimmed and tinted to within an inch of its life before it can be allowed to roam freely in the public eye. Stella Young
Life Truth Before Eye Must Unruly Allowed Roam Freely Within Female Tamed Disgusting Acknowledged Puberty Public Public Eye Body Inch Universally
Even those among us who are lucky enough to love our jobs would have to admit that at least part of the reason we work is to earn money. In between all this work, we like to eat out at restaurants, go on trips, buy nice things, not to mention pay rent and meet the cost of living. Stella Young
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It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world. I suppose it all depends on what makes a city 'livable' for you. Stella Young
Me You Struggle World Nothing Considered Melbourne City Find Facilities Could Baffling Suppose Like Most Makes Accessible How Very Short Depends Where Regular Regular Basis Livable Basis
I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work. Stella Young
Work Circumstances Able Given Am Wheelchair Full-Time User Right
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
People Fear Faced Magnitude Disability Underestimated Understand Stigma Australia Discrimination Cannot
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. Stella Young
Alone You Battle Job Find About Someone Feat Disability Employer Employing Accessible Itself Going Wheelchair Want Cool Workplace Actually
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 you. Stella Young
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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. Stella Young
School Country Hung Out Kind Small Small Country Had Town Normal Up Friends Very Upbringing Sisters Grew Victoria Younger Low-Key Fought
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
Woman Political Word Invent Ideology Community Late Late Teens Teens Disabled Identify Proudly Came Political Ideology Very Early Early 20s
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
Love Best People World Job Own Other Meet Tell Disabilities Well Make Sure Got Get Stories Interesting Interesting People Many
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
Home Birthday Broken Seven Once Coughing Had Friend Sent Chip Choked
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
Me Parents Out Pretended Know Well Normal Quite Just Worked
Believe me, people with disabilities are just as concerned about benefit fraud as anyone else. Money spent on those who are not in need is money that isn't being spent on vital services to support us in the community. Stella Young
Me People Money Community Believe Else Benefit Spent Those Fraud Vital About Disabilities Support Concerned Just Being Anyone Anyone Else Us Who Services Need
Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling pity brings in the bucks, yo. Stella Young
You Charity People Money Before Disability Bucks Most Hinges Quick Die Send Pitiful Pity Poor Your Notion Brings Need
When I was seven and watched an episode of 'Beyond 2000' that featured a floating armchair, I thought we'd definitely have one of those by 15, at the latest. Stella Young
Thought Seven Latest Those Definitely Featured Armchair Beyond Episode Floating Watched
Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities. Stella Young
Service Good Rights People Good People About Disabilities Disability Like Most Passionate Organisations Full Who
It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with disability as it was in giving a pat on the back to journalists who maintained the status quo by giving readers the warm and fuzzies over their morning paper. Stella Young
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Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit. Stella Young
Framed Deficit Disability Disaster Terms Ultimate Often Certainly Medical
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