Stella Young

Stella Jane Young (24 February 1982 – 6 December 2014) was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist.

Her show Tales from the Crip, directed by Nelly Thomas, won her the award for best newcomer at the festival.

[11] In 2017 Young was inducted posthumously onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in recognition of her work as a "journalist, comedian, feminist and fierce disability activist".

Actor Mat Fraser plays Roger Frostly who quotes Young and her calls for an end to inauthentic “Inspiration Porn”.

In 2023 a bronze statue of Young in her wheelchair[13] by sculptor Danny Fraser was unveiled in her hometown of Stawell in Cato Park.

Stella Young being interviewed at Floriade in 2013