Sometimes it seems that anything you do in a non-normative body is somehow political. Stella Young feels this is particularly true for a wheelchair user on a dance floor. More Comments (16 comments)
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After much speculation about the future of Ramp Up since the Federal Budget announcement, we have some news to share. More Comments (42 comments)
Is it any wonder that rates of violence are so high when young women with disabilities are being taught that they have no say in what happens to their bodies? Stella Young writes. More Comments (22 comments)
Making the Disability Support Pension harder to get isn't going to "entice" people with disabilities into the workforce. We're already enticed. Some of us are desperate to work, writes Stella Young. More Comments (52 comments)
Despite relentless talk of 'inclusion', many people with disabilities repeatedly find ourselves all dressed up with nowhere to go, writes Stella Young. More Comments (44 comments)
The question of whether or not able-bodied people should use disabled toilets is far less important than why they're so damn hard to come by in the first place, writes Stella Young. More Comments (43 comments)
Whether or not we like our jobs, most of us are paid fairly for the work we do. But many Australians with intellectual disabilities are working full time for less than $2 a day. Where's the dignity in that, asks Stella Young. More Comments (28 comments)
Thanks for your support for Ramp Up through 2013! More Comments (4 comments)
Investing in Australians with disabilities isn't just the right thing to do, it's also the smart thing, writes ABC Ramp Up's Stella Young. More Comments (10 comments)
Not only is today International Day of People with Disability, it's also ABC Ramp Up's 3rd birthday! More Comments (7 comments)