Stella Young

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Stella Young at the Global Atheist Convention 2012 in Melbourne, Australia

Stella Young (born February 24, 1982 in Stawell , Victoria , † December 6, 2014 in Melbourne ) was an Australian journalist , comedian and disability activist .

Life

Stella Young was born in Stawell, Victoria, to a butcher and a hairdresser. She was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (colloquially known as glass bone disease) that affected her all of her life. So she was dependent on a wheelchair for much of her life . At the age of 14 she began to get involved as a disability rights activist. She referred to herself as "crip" (derived from "cripple", in German cripple ), a word she used as a positive revaluation.

Stella Young studied journalism at Deakin University when she was 17 . She then earned a diploma in secondary education from the University of Melbourne . First she worked with children as a museum guide at the Melbourne Museum , then she found a job with the Australian television station ABC . There she was initially editor of the website Ramp up . She then spent eight seasons host the show No Limits on Channel 31, the first Australian cultural program by and for disabled people.

She has also appeared as a comedian since 2011 and twice reached the finals of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2014 she received the festival's Newcomer Award. She made her comedian debut on ABC's Q&A show . She achieved international fame with her speech I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much for the non-profit organization TED.

In 2014 she performed her program " Tales from the Crip " at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at Northcote Town Hall . She worked on various committees of the disability rights organizations Victorian Disability Advisory Council, Ministerial Advisory Council for the Department of Victorian communities and Women With Disabilities Victoria. She recently got involved in disability insurance in Australia and the LiveAccess project, which aims to make it easier for young people with disabilities to attend music events in Melbourne.

Stella Young died unexpectedly on December 6, 2014 in her apartment in Melbourne.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stella Young: Comedian, journalist, activist. TED.com, accessed December 16, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much. Ted.com, April 2014, accessed December 16, 2014 .
  3. ↑ a b Marissa Calligeros: Stella Young dead: comedian, ABC journalist and disability advocate dies at 32. The Sydney Morning Herald , December 8, 2014, accessed December 16, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Young, Stella
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian journalist, comedian and disability rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Stawell
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2014
Place of death Melbourne