Stella Young
Stella Young
Stella Jane Youngwas an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth24 February 1982
CountryAustralia
Stella Young quotes about
given work
I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work.
best days entertainment gone labelled owned people stupid
In days gone by, short-statured people were not only labelled as ugly, stupid and freakish, they were often owned by aristocrats and treated, at best, as entertainment and, at worst, as pets.
beauty conform imposed painful
I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.
apologise disabled identify
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.
If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting.
believe notions taught undeniable
It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.
combined echoes myth people sentiment suggesting
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.
best job love people stories sure
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.
australia cannot faced fear magnitude people stigma
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.
atheist heaven heard
I've been an atheist ever since I heard there was only a stairway to heaven
joy political doe
I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone else does: because it heals my spirit and fills me with joy.
use disability environment
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
flight ramp stairs
No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp,
morning lying names
We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning.