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.
From 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.
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.
The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand.
I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.
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.
I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability.
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.
Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.
People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable.
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