Stella Young
Stella Young
Stella Jane Youngwas an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth24 February 1982
CountryAustralia
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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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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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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.
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I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.
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Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.
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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.
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For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.
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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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There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens to their bodies.
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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.
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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.
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For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.
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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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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.