What about the children?
I just had a thought, regarding the whole 'disabled presenter scares kids' thing.
On the CBeebies channel is a programme called 'Something Special' which features sign language, children with hearing impairements and disabilities. My son loves this programme and keeps surprising me by signing words as well as saying them at random moments.
Well, what happens when a child sees a disabled child on the screen and asks their parents why they 'look different'?
Are the parents going to say "OMG!" and turn the channel off and start complaining to the BBC about it the same way they have about the presenter? If a child had the same disability as the presenter, would parents demand that the child shouldn't be shown on tv?
The presenter in question has a child of her own who probably grow up never questioning why their mum has only one hand, just the same way I grew up never questioning why my sister couldn't walk.
I just don't understand people.
On the CBeebies channel is a programme called 'Something Special' which features sign language, children with hearing impairements and disabilities. My son loves this programme and keeps surprising me by signing words as well as saying them at random moments.
Well, what happens when a child sees a disabled child on the screen and asks their parents why they 'look different'?
Are the parents going to say "OMG!" and turn the channel off and start complaining to the BBC about it the same way they have about the presenter? If a child had the same disability as the presenter, would parents demand that the child shouldn't be shown on tv?
The presenter in question has a child of her own who probably grow up never questioning why their mum has only one hand, just the same way I grew up never questioning why my sister couldn't walk.
I just don't understand people.