ANSWERS: 19
  • No, this woman is a positive role model for anyone with a disability.
  • Yeah it's been raging on over here for a couple of weeks now, there is overwhelming support for her though. I really can't see what angle a parent would be coming from if they want to hide their children from people with disabilities who still lead a full life
  • no its stupid disabled people are the same as regular people its jut ignorant people who want to shield there kids from the real world im 12 and i think better than those people
  • Shielding children from reality does them a grievous disservice.
  • Unfortunately, some parents do not want to face things until they (the parents) are ready. Reality shows that does not work. So you end up with people complaining about things such as disabilities in public view. Life happens and parents need to always be ready to explain things to their children when the children ask.
  • Oh yes! By all means hide disabled people from innocent eyes, especially all us disabled veterans! OMG, children might actually have to realize some of the things people have had to suffer through and lose their false ideas about what the world is like. As a matter of fact, we should hide old people from them too. What horror to think that they might actually have to ... GASP ... grow old and die! What I really think should happen is that one HELL of a lot of parents in this country should be horse-whipped! Idiots! Grrrrrr!
  • Not at all, disabilities are a part of life & children should learn how to handle people with problems with kindness, politeness & helpfulness.
  • No. People who happen to have disabilities are human, too. People who want to hide disabled people from the public eye should be ashamed of themselves.
  • No. But the hostess could have worn her sleeve down and not pushed up. The missing portion of her arm was unsettling to me, a grownup. Over time as kids got used to her she might have mentioned it and dealt with it directly. I think it could have been handled in a much more sensitive way. She was highlighting her difference..was that the point of hiring her or was it because she was delightful and could do a good job? :)
  • No, it gives parents the perfect opportunity to talk about how we are all NOT perfect, some have missing arms, legs, etc, but even with these challenges, we can still succeed.
  • Oh wow it just shows the mentallity of this world! Surely children should be aware that no one is the same, everyone is different? I would certainly not hide it from my children as I want them to be open minded and accepting of people. Look at the people in the disabled olympics, they are amazing and inspirational. small mided people astound me!
  • No, most people accept me as I have graduated to a single forearm crutch and can get around ok. Some times I get strange looks and some ask what happened which I think is rude. By the way I am not on welfare and now a self funded retiree,so people can think that one over. It gets back to brain power! We know some people prefer us which is fine. Next time when out just say Hi we do have feelings.
  • Absolutely not. And to be fair, yet again this is the vocal minority of pricks creating a problem. If kids are taught that this is something to hide then, in my opinion, it is an utter failure of the parents. Shame on them.
  • From the article - "In one chat room, a father lamented that Burnell being on the show forced him to have conversations with his child about disabilities." I really feel sorry for this guy. Forced to perform a parental duty that should be looked upon as doing what parents should do. Yeah it can be tough to answer the tough questions, the questions about things we are uncomfortable with ourselves. But a good parent follows through and does what should be done. I am heartened though that the positive response was three to one in favor of the show.
  • Of course not! No question about it. Just no! They are normal people. That is like saying should children be hidden from people with different colour eyes. They are not going to offend people or be horrible or disturb people any more than normal people would. Of course, if it was a mad axe murderer that HAPPENED to have disabilities, it would be different, but it is the same with a lot of things, if it was a blonde person that HAPPENED to want to kill all children, then I would keep my child away from them because of that, not because they were blonde. NO.
  • No they shouldn't !
  • Hell no. Those people should be ashamed they feel like that. My son's speech therapist has a prosthetic leg and it clearly doesnt bother parents or children because she is very good at her job and loved by the kids. Some people need to wake up and ask if that was me how would i feel if I was in her place right now?
  • Age six --even younger-- is a prime time to teach children love, compassion, understanding and the value of all human beings. The BBC is providing an outstanding opportunity for parents to do so. If there are any disabled persons in this reporting, they are the complaining parents. I feel most sorry for their children. Imagine the length and breadth of the pathetic social "education" --rather lack thereof--these children are being fed each and every day. Just another set of examples that some people just shouldn't have children.
  • fucking hell, I honestly can't say how sad I feel about the world we live in. What on earth are we becoming. I try to stay happy 99.99999% of the time, the other 0.000001% is polluted by the ignorent others. Luckily France is better than the UK in the way that it is about 20 years before the UK, when it catches up, I'm outta here. :p

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