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Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much
Stella Young: No sóc la teva inspiració, moltes gràcies.
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Stella Young es una dona que es dedica a la comedia i al periodisme, i ha de passar el dia sobre una cadira de rodes — un fet que, i a ella li agradaria deixar-ho molt clar, no la torna automàticament en una font d'inspiració per tota la humanitat. — En aquest entretingut discurs, Young carrega contra els hàbits o costums de la societat en convertir els discapacitats en "porno inspiracional".
Stella Young - Comedian, journalist, activist
Writer, comedian and advocate Stella Young was the editor of Ramp Up, an online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia. Full bio
Writer, comedian and advocate Stella Young was the editor of Ramp Up, an online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia. Full bio
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I grew up in a very small country town
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Vaig crèixer en una petita població rural
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in Victoria.
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a Victoria.
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I had a very normal, low-key kind of upbringing.
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Vaig rebre una educació sencilla, res fora de lo normal.
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I went to school, I hung out with my friends,
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Anava a l'escola, sortia amb els meus amics,
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I fought with my younger sisters.
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em barallava amb les meves germanes més joves.
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It was all very normal.
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Una vida molt normal.
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And when I was 15, a member of my local community
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Quan tenia 15 anys, un membre de la meva comunitat local
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approached my parents
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va comunicar als meus pares
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and wanted to nominate me
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que volien nominar-me
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for a community achievement award.
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per un premi a un reconexiement a la comunitat.
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And my parents said, "Hm, that's really nice,
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Els meus pares li van contestar: "Hmm, és molt interessant,
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but there's kind of one glaring problem with that.
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pero hi veig un problema molt evident en tot això.
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She hasn't actually achieved anything." (Laughter)
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Ella no ha aconseguit res a reconèixer" (Rialles)
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And they were right, you know.
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I, de fet, tenien raó.
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I went to school, I got good marks,
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Vaig anar a l'escola, vaig obtenir bones notes,
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I had a very low-key after school job
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tenia una feina extraescolar bastant fàcil
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in my mum's hairdressing salon,
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en la perruqueria de la meva mare.
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and I spent a lot of time watching
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I dedicava molt temps mirant
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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Dawson's Creek."
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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" i "Dawson's Creek". (Rialles)
01:02
Yeah, I know. What a contradiction.
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Sí, ja ho sé, quina contradicció! (Rialles)
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But they were right, you know.
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Pero tenien raó.
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I wasn't doing anything that was out of the ordinary
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No feia res fora del considerat normal
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at all.
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01:12
I wasn't doing anything that could
be considered an achievement
be considered an achievement
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No feia res que es poguès considerar un reconeixement,
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if you took disability out of the equation.
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sempre i quan, tregués la discapacitat fora de l'equació.
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Years later, I was on my second teaching round
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Anys més tard, quan estava en el segon torn de classes
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in a Melbourne high school,
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a l'institut de Melbourne,
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and I was about 20 minutes into
a year 11 legal studies class
a year 11 legal studies class
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portava uns 20 minuts al curs 11 d'estudis legislatius.
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when this boy put up his hand and said,
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quan un noi va aixecar la mà i em va preguntar:
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"Hey miss, when are you going
to start doing your speech?"
to start doing your speech?"
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"Senyoreta, quan faràs el teu discurs?"
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And I said, "What speech?"
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I jo vaig respondre: "Quin discurs?"
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You know, I'd been talking them
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Ho podeu imaginar, vaig estar parlant-lis
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about defamation law for a good 20 minutes.
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sobre la llei de la difamació durant uns bons 20 minuts.
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And he said, "You know, like,
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I ell va dir: "Bueno, ja saps,
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your motivational speaking.
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algo així com la teva xerrada motivacional.
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You know, when people in
wheelchairs come to school,
wheelchairs come to school,
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Com ja sabeu, quan gent amb cadira de rodes arriba a l'escola,
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they usually say, like, inspirational stuff?"
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normalment parlen sobre, algo així com, merda inspiracional?
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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"It's usually in the big hall."
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"Això normalment ho fan al saló d'actes"
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And that's when it dawned on me:
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Va ser en aquell instant quan em vaig adonar que,
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This kid had only ever experienced disabled people
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aquest noi nomès havia vist persones discapacitades
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as objects of inspiration.
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com objectes d'inspiració.
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We are not, to this kid --
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Doncs no ho som,
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and it's not his fault, I mean,
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i no es culpa seva, vull dir,
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that's true for many of us.
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es una realitat per a molts de nosaltres.
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For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers
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Molts de nosaltres no veiem als discapacitats com
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or our doctors or our manicurists.
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els nostres professors, o doctors o els nostres estilistes.
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We're not real people. We are there to inspire.
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Nosaltres no som reals, estem allà per inspirar.
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And in fact, I am sitting on this stage
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De fet, estic asseguda en aquest escenari
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looking like I do in this wheelchair,
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de la forma em veieu, en aquesta cadira de rodes,
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and you are probably kind of expecting me
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i vosaltres, probablement, esteu esperant que us inspiri, oi?
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to inspire you. Right? (Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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Yeah.
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Ho veieu!
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid
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Bé, senyors i senyores, em temo
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I'm going to disappoint you dramatically.
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que us decebrè dràsticament.
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I am not here to inspire you.
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No estic aquí per inspirar-vos.
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I am here to tell you that we have been lied to
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Estic aquí per explicar-vos que ens han mentit
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about disability.
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respecte la discapacitat.
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Yeah, we've been sold the lie
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Sí, ens han venut la mentida
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that disability is a Bad Thing, capital B, capital T.
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que la discapacitat es una Cosa Dolenta, amb C majúscula i D majúscula.
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It's a bad thing, and to live with a disability
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"Es una cosa dolenta, i viure amb una discapacitat
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makes you exceptional.
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et fa excepcional."
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It's not a bad thing, and it doesn't
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No es una cosa dolenta,
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make you exceptional.
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ni et fa excepcional.
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And in the past few years, we've been able
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En els últims anys, em sigut capaços
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to propagate this lie even further
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d'extendre aquesta mentida encara més enllà,
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via social media.
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a través de les reds socials.
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You may have seen images like this one:
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Probablemente heu vist imatges com aquesta:
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"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
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"La única discapacitat en la vida es una mala actitud"
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Or this one: "Your excuse is invalid." Indeed.
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O aquesta altre: "La teva excusa no es vàlida". En efecte.
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Or this one: "Before you quit, try!"
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O aquesta: "Abans d'abandonar, proba-ho!"
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These are just a couple of examples,
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Aquests són un parell d' exemples,
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but there are a lot of these images out there.
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pero hi han moltes imatges com aquestes donant voltes.
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You know, you might have seen the one,
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Es veritat, segurament haureu vist aquella
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the little girl with no hands
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de la noia petita sense mans
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drawing a picture with a pencil held in her mouth.
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dibuixant amb un llapís a la boca.
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You might have seen a child running
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Probablement heu vist un nen córrer
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on carbon fiber prosthetic legs.
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amb cames artificals de fibra de carboni.
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And these images,
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I d'aquestes imatges,
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there are lots of them out there,
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n'hi han moltes voltant pel mòn.
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they are what we call inspiration porn.
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Nosaltres en diem "porno inspiracional"
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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And I use the term porn deliberately,
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Utilitzo el terme "porno" de forma deliberada,
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because they objectify one group of people
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ja que tracten com objectes un grup de persones
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for the benefit of another group of people.
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per tal de beneficiar un altre grup de persones.
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So in this case, we're objectifying disabled people
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Per tant, en aquest cas, estem tractant com objectes la gent discapacitada
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for the benefit of nondisabled people.
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per beneficiar a la gent no discapacitada.
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The purpose of these images
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El propòsit d'aquestes imatges
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is to inspire you, to motivate you,
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es inspirar-te, motivar-te,
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so that we can look at them
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de manera que podem mirar-les
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and think, "Well, however bad my life is,
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i pensar: "En fi, per més que sigui dolenta la meva vida,
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it could be worse.
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sempre podria ser pitjor,
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I could be that person."
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podria ser aquesta persona..."
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But what if you are that person?
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Pero, què pasa si ets aquesta persona?
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I've lost count of the number of times that I've
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He perdut el compte de les vegades que he sigut
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been approached by strangers
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aturada per desconeguts
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wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave
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que volien fer-me saber que era valenta
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or inspirational,
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o una font d'inspiració per ells.
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and this was long before my work
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I això va ser molt abans de que la meva feina
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had any kind of public profile.
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tingues algun tipus de perfil públic.
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They were just kind of congratulating me
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Em felicitaven nomès pel fet
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for managing to get up in the morning
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de poder llevarme pel matí
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and remember my own name. (Laughter)
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i recordar el meu propi nom (Rialles)
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And it is objectifying.
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I Això es tractar com un objecte.
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These images, those images
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Aquestes imatges, aquelles imatges
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objectify disabled people
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tracten com objectes a la gent discapacitada
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for the benefit of nondisabled people.
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per tal de beneficiar la gent sense discapacitats.
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They are there so that you can look at them
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Estan allà per tal que les puguis observar
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and think that things aren't so bad for you,
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i pensar que no es tant dolent per a tu,
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to put your worries into perspective.
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i posar les teves preocupacions en perspectiva.
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And life as a disabled person
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Viure com una persona discapacitada
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is actually somewhat difficult.
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es, de fet, una mica complicat.
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We do overcome some things.
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Superem algunes traves,
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But the things that we're overcoming
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pero aquestes traves que estem superant,
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are not the things that you think they are.
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no son les traves que vosaltres creieu.
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They are not things to do with our bodies.
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No son impediments físics.
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I use the term "disabled people" quite deliberately,
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Utilitzo el terme "persones discapacitades" de forma bastant deliberada,
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because I subscribe to what's called
the social model of disability,
the social model of disability,
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perque em cenyeixo al model social de la discapactiat,
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which tells us that we are more disabled
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el qual ens fa ser encara més discapactitats
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by the society that we live in
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per la societat amb la qual vivim,
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than by our bodies and our diagnoses.
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que pels nostres cossos o diagnòstics.
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So I have lived in this body a long time.
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Per tant, he estat vivint en aquest cos molt temps,
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I'm quite fond of it.
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li tinc bastant apreci,
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It does the things that I need it to do,
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fa les coses que necesito fer,
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and I've learned to use it to the best of its capacity
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i he après a utilitzar-ho el millor que em permet.
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just as you have,
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exactament com vosaltres heu fet.
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and that's the thing about those
kids in those pictures as well.
kids in those pictures as well.
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I aquest es també el problema amb aquells nens a les imatges
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They're not doing anything out of the ordinary.
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No estan fent res extraordinari
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They are just using their bodies
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Simplement utilitzen els seus cossos
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to the best of their capacity.
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el millor de la seva capacitat.
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So is it really fair to objectify them
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Per tant, es realment just tractar com a un objecte
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in the way that we do,
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de la forma que ho fem,
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to share those images?
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per tal de compartir aquelles imatges?
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People, when they say, "You're an inspiration,"
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Quan la gent diu: "Ets una inspiració."
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they mean it as a compliment.
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Ho fan com un compliment
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And I know why it happens.
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I sé perquè ho fan,
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It's because of the lie, it's because we've been sold
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ho fan per culpa de la "mentida", perque ens han venut
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this lie that disability makes you exceptional.
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aquesta mentida de que la discapacitat et fa excepcional.
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And it honestly doesn't.
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I, honestament, no ho fa...
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And I know what you're thinking.
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Sé que esteu pensant,
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You know, I'm up here bagging out inspiration,
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Estic aquí a dalt, ficant-me amb la inspiració,
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and you're thinking, "Jeez, Stella,
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i vosaltres estareu pensant: "Jeez, Stella...
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aren't you inspired sometimes by some things?"
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has estat mai inspirada per algunes coses?
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And the thing is, I am.
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I la questió es que sí.
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I learn from other disabled people all the time.
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Aprenc d'altres persones discapacitades tot el temps.
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I'm learning not that I am luckier than them, though.
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Estic aprenent, no que sóc més afortunada que ells,
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I am learning that it's a genius idea
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estic aprenent que es una idea genial
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to use a pair of barbecue tongs
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utilitzar un parell de pinces per la barbacoa,
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to pick up things that you dropped. (Laughter)
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per agafar les coses que se't cauen. (Rialles)
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I'm learning that nifty trick where you can charge
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Estic aprenent aquest magnífic invent on pots carregar
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your mobile phone battery from your chair battery.
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la bateria del teu mòbil a través de la bateria de la cadira.
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Genius.
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Genialitat.
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We are learning from each
others' strength and endurance,
others' strength and endurance,
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Aprenem els uns dels altres, de la nostre força i resistencia,
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not against our bodies and our diagnoses,
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no dels nostres cossos i diagnòstics,
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but against a world that exceptionalizes
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tampoc d'un mòn que ens excepcionalitza
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and objectifies us.
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i ens tracta com objectes.
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I really think that this lie that we've been sold
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Realment crec que aquesta mentida que ens han venut
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about disability is the greatest injustice.
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sobre la discapacitat es la major injustícia.
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It makes life hard for us.
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Ens complica la vida...
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And that quote, "The only disability in life
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I aquesta cita: "La única discapacitat a la vida
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is a bad attitude,"
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es una mala actitud."
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the reason that that's bullshit
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La raó per la qual es una merda de cita,
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is because it's just not true,
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es perque no es veritat.
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because of the social model of disability.
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Per culpa del model social de la discapacitat.
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No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs
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Per molt que somriguis davant d'unes escales
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has ever made it turn into a ramp.
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això mai les ha fet tornar-se una rampa.
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Never. (Laughter) (Applause)
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Mai (Rialles) (Aplaudiments)
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Smiling at a television screen
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Somriure davant d'un televisor
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isn't going to make closed captions appear
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no farà que apareguin subtítols
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for people who are deaf.
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per a la gent sorda.
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No amount of standing
in the middle of a bookshop
in the middle of a bookshop
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Per molt que et quedis de peu en mig d'una llibrería
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and radiating a positive attitude
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irradiant actitut positiva,
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is going to turn all those books into braille.
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això no farà que tots aquells llibres es tornin en braille.
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It's just not going to happen.
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Això no pasarà.
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I really want to live in a world
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Realment vull viure en un món
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where disability is not the exception, but the norm.
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on la discapacitat no es una excepció, sinò el normal.
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I want to live in a world where a 15-year-old girl
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Vull viure en un món on una noia de 15 anys
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sitting in her bedroom
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estirada al seu llit
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watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
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mirant "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
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isn't referred to as achieving anything
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no sigui assenyalada per aconseguir res
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because she's doing it sitting down.
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perque únicament està estirada.
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I want to live in a world
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Vull viure en un món
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where we don't have such low expectations
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on no tinguem tan poques expectatives
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of disabled people
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sobre la gent discapacitada,
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that we are congratulated for getting out of bed
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a la qual ens feliciten pel fet de sortir del llit,
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and remembering our own names in the morning.
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i recordar els nostres noms pel matí.
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I want to live in a world where
we value genuine achievement
we value genuine achievement
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Vull viure en un món on valorem els mèrits reals
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for disabled people,
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de la gent discapacitada.
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and I want to live in a world
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I vull viure en un món
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where a kid in year 11 in a Melbourne high school
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on un noi en al curs 11 a l'institut de Melbourne
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is not one bit surprised
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no estigui sorprès
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that his new teacher is a wheelchair user.
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de que la seva professora va en cadira de rodes.
09:02
Disability doesn't make you exceptional,
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La discapacitat no et fa excepcional,
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but questioning what you
think you know about it does.
think you know about it does.
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pero questionar-te el que penses que saps sobre discapacitat, ho fa.
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Thank you.
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Moltes gràcies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stella Young - Comedian, journalist, activistWriter, comedian and advocate Stella Young was the editor of Ramp Up, an online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia.
Why you should listen
Born in Stawell in Western Victoria, Australia, Stella Young cut her activist teeth at the age of 14 by conducting an access audit of shops on the local main street. It didn’t take long -- it was a pretty short street.
She became active in the disability community in a variety of roles, including membership of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council, Ministerial Advisory Council for the Department of Victorian communities and Women With Disabilities Victoria. Young was a two-time state finalist in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Raw Comedy competition; and hosted eight seasons of Australia’s first disability culture program, No Limits, aired on Channel 31 and community stations across the country.
With a strong interest in issues facing women and young people with disabilities, Young worked with the Youth Disability Advocacy Service to establish the LiveAccess project, advocating for better access to live music venues. She held a degree in journalism from Deakin University and a Diploma of Secondary Education from the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining the ABC, Stella worked in Public Programs at Melbourne Museum, where she taught kids about bugs, dinosaurs and other weird and wonderful things.
Young passed away at the age of 32 on December 8, 2014.
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