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People with disability prejudices should stop and take a few moments to think about the person and the reality of the situation.
The BBC has recently come under fire by certain prejudiced parents regarding its decision to hire a disabled presenter for two of the CBeebies leading programmes. Cerrie Burnell, who was born with one arm, has been the target of what has been described as a ‘disturbing campaign’ of complaints that she her disability was scaring toddlers.
This has caused a debate and re-ignited the calls for better education and understanding of disabilities. A spokesman for Leonard Cheshire Disability, John Knight, said; ‘Disabled people experience disadvantage and discrimination like this every day, largely through ignorance. This needs to change.’ He also added ‘Understanding disability all comes down to familiarity. The bottom line is that seeing disabled people on television should be the norm, not the exception.
People with disabilities face all types of problems in their daily lives and carrying out routine tasks that able bodied people don’t give a second thought to can be incredibly difficult. Fortunately there is a vast range of aids and solutions specifically designed to help and improve the task-to-task, day-to-day lives of disabled and impaired people.
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