Stella Young Childhood
a small country town
Where did she live in Victoria?
This kid had only ever experienced disabled people as objects of inspiration.
What dawned on Stella when she was teaching Year 11 in high school?
a combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.
What is contradiction?
a ramp
What can a flight of stairs turned into?
a normal and low-key upbringing
What kind of upbringing did Stella have as a child?
Disability is a Bad Thing, capital B, capital T. It's a bad thing, and to live with a disability makes you exceptional.
What lie has been sold to us by society?
designed to promote the desire or willingness to do or achieve something.
What is motivational?
closed caption
What will appear on a television screen?
Buffy the Vampire and Dawson's Creek
What were her favorite TV shows?
via social media
How has the lie been able to propagate?
spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely.
What is propagate?
braille
What will books turn into?
She fought with younger sisters.
What did she do with her sisters in her childhood?
They were just kind of congratulating me for managing to get up in the morning and remember my own name .
What do strangers say to Stella? / How are people objectifying Stella because of her disability?
the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object.
What is objectification?
a world in which disability is not the exception.
What is the norm?
a community achievement award
What did the community wanted to nominate Stella for when she was 15?
we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses.
What is the social model of disability?
you can charge your mobile phone battery from your chair battery.
What is a nifty trick?
genuine achievement
What should the world value?