I just caught this from Little Willow and a story in Mail Online by Liz Thomas in the UK. Unbelievable!
"A disabled CBeebies presenter has been the victim of a disturbing campaign after parents complained that she was scaring toddlers.
They claimed that host Cerrie Burnell - who was born with one arm - is not suitable to appear on the digital children's channel.
...Incredibly, one father said he wanted to ban his daughter from watching the channel because he feared it would give her nightmares."
The article goes on to say that Cerrie has replied: "It can only be a good thing that parents are using me as a chance to talk about disability with their children."
Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies, said: "Cerrie is warm and natural and we think that in time all mums and dads and children will love her as much as we do."
readertotz gives a shout out to Cerrie Burnell for withstanding the prejudice and continuing to do an excellent job!
