Top 87 Quotes by Stella Young

About Stella Young

These are some quotes by Australian author Stella Young Comedian, who lived between February 24, 1982 and December 6, 2014.

I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism.

I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism.

Stella Young

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 parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well for me.

Stella Young

In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.

In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.

Stella Young

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.

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.

Stella Young

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

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

Stella Young

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.

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

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.

Stella Young

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.

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

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.

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

Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

Stella Young

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