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" I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism. "
Stella Young
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Included
Classified
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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. "
Stella Young
People
Disability
Daily
" 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
Disability
Own
Me
" For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud. "
Stella Young
Me
Disabilities
Proud
" 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
Mean
World
People
" 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. "
Stella Young
Over
Consequences
Full
" 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
Disability
" From time to time, people pat me on the head. It happens on public transport, in the supermarket, in bars. It's a common enough occurrence that it very rarely takes me completely by surprise. "
Stella Young
Surprise
Enough
Time
" 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
Birthday
Broken
Friend
" Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought. "
Stella Young
Healthy
Self
People
" Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history. "
Stella Young
Rich
Like
Just
" 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
Week
Us
Problem
" 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
Inspire
Real
People
" 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. "
Stella Young
Media
Poor
Run
" I currently live independently without any funded support. I'm educated, and I'm employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the economic life of Australia. "
Stella Young
Live
Australia
Support
" 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. "
Stella Young
Abuse
Deep
Understanding
" 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
Strong
Sweet
I Am
" As a wheelchair user, I am utterly obsessed with toilets, and all my friends know it. A simple invitation to the pub is consistently followed by, 'Do you know if they have an accessible toilet?' "
Stella Young
Toilet
Friends
You
" I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals. "
Stella Young
Body
Effort
Sometimes
" Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for. "
Stella Young
Physical
Disability
First
" If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting. "
Stella Young
Everyone
Say
Me
" 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
Me
Always
Because
" I, like many women, buy into patriarchal standards of beauty every day. I very rarely leave the house without make-up. I dye my hair. I wear clothes that I choose carefully for how they make me look to the outside world. "
Stella Young
Hair
World
Beauty
" 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
Cool
Disability
Job
" Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit. "
Stella Young
Ultimate
Medical
Disaster
" Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action. "
Stella Young
Great
Action
Know
" 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
Enough
Living
Love
" 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
My Life
Life
I Can
" 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
Use
How
Disabled
" The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you. "
Stella Young
Disability
About
Adapt
" 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
Beyond
Thought
Floating