Australian - Comedian | February 24, 1982 - December 6, 2014
The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.
Stella Young
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Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.
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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.
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My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
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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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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.
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The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.
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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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I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us that we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses.
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I quickly learned that asking if an interview space was wheelchair accessible was a bad idea; it gave a potential employer an immediate bad impression. It was either a black mark against my name, or a straight up discussion of why I wouldn't be able to work there because they had no wheelchair access.
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Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.
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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.
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