Stella Young Quotes & Sayings

“The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.”

“My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.”

“Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.”

“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.”

“We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.”

“I've lost count of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave or inspirational, and this was long before my work had any kind of public profile.”

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

“As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.”

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

“For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are there to inspire.”