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I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | Stella Young
"Disability doesn't make you exceptional." You're not a poster. You're a person. ♿
Who it's for
Young names a frustrating, hard-to-describe experience, being praised or held up as a lesson simply for existing while disabled, and gives it a sharp label: inspiration porn.
Angry→Validated
Feelings it meets
What it is
A TEDxSydney talk (April 2014) by comedian and journalist Stella Young. She recounts being suggested for a community achievement award as a teenager without having done anything unusual, and a student who assumed she was at his school to give a motivational speech.
Where to find it
YouTube, official TED channel (free). Transcript on TED.com.
Before you start
Heads up: One mild profanity.
Age: Ages 12+
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.Helen Keller, Optimism: An Essay
