Australian - Comedian | February 24, 1982 - December 6, 2014
For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.
Stella Young
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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.
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I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work.
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Believe me, people with disabilities are just as concerned about benefit fraud as anyone else. Money spent on those who are not in need is money that isn't being spent on vital services to support us in the community.
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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.
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I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability.
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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.
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Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.
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It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with disability as it was in giving a pat on the back to journalists who maintained the status quo by giving readers the warm and fuzzies over their morning paper.
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Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.
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People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable.
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Death is not treatment, even if it's medically facilitated.
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