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Stella Young Quotes

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?’ Picture Quote #1

I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly ‘what’s wrong’ with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don’t identify the name of my condition in an interview unless it’s relevant to the context of the story Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought Picture Quote #1

$I have a condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), which has affected my growth and bone strength. In short, people with the kind of OI I have generally experience hundreds of fractures in their lifetime and use wheelchairs for mobility Picture Quote #1$

From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we’re bombarded by requests to be ‘aware’ of one thing or another Picture Quote #1

From my first days in Washington D.C., where I rolled a whole four downtown blocks without seeing a single shop, cafe, bar or restaurant I could not access, to the beautifully accessible buses in New York City, I was in heaven Picture Quote #1

We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning Picture Quote #1

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I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone else does: because it heals my spirit and fills me with joy Picture Quote #1

Disability doesn’t make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does Picture Quote #1

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp Picture Quote #1

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Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

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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 Quotes) I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly ‘what’s wrong’ with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don’t identify the name of my condition in an interview unless it’s relevant to the context of the story. (Stella Young Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals. (Stella Young Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought (Stella Young Quotes) I have a condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), which has affected my growth and bone strength. In short, people with the kind of OI I have generally experience hundreds of fractures in their lifetime and use wheelchairs for mobility. (Stella Young Quotes) From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we’re bombarded by requests to be ‘aware’ of one thing or another. (Stella Young Quotes) From my first days in Washington D.C., where I rolled a whole four downtown blocks without seeing a single shop, cafe, bar or restaurant I could not access, to the beautifully accessible buses in New York City, I was in heaven. (Stella Young Quotes) We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning (Stella Young Quotes) I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone else does: because it heals my spirit and fills me with joy (Stella Young Quotes) Disability doesn’t make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does (Stella Young Quotes) No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp (Stella Young Quotes)

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