95 Quotes by Stella Young

Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.

Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for.

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.

My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going to be a plumber when I grew up.

Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't get out of bed. I can't get myself to the toilet. I certainly can't get myself to work.

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.

When patronised, I'm unfortunately more flight than fight. Perhaps it's because I actually feel quite wounded.

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.