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

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Society People Dignity

I've lost count of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave or inspirational, and this was long before my work had any kind of public profile.

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Work Me Lost

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

Stella Young Alone Job Disability

I have a condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), which has affected my growth and bone strength. In short, people with the kind of OI I have generally experience hundreds of fractures in their lifetime and use wheelchairs for mobility.

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Experience Growth Short

I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Life Strong I Am

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

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Thinking Fall Achieve

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

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Disability Disaster Framed

I don't generally talk about medical terms when I discuss my position as a disabled person. I take a social rather than medical approach to disability, and so long Latin names for congenital conditions are not relevant.

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Disability Long Person

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

Stella Young Home Friend Broken

In my own home, where I've been able to create an environment that works for me, I'm hardly disabled at all. I still have an impairment, and there are obviously some very restrictive things about that, but the impact of disability is less.

~ Stella Young

Stella Young Impact Disability Me
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