Complaints about a Disabled person hosting childrens tv!

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what do you think?

I think it is an ideal time for parents to explain to children about disability or any differences in people.

We are not all the same, some wear glasses, some red hair some spots some fat some thin. All children should ne taught at an early age to love everyone, we cant help being what we are!

Original Post by wobbly:

I think it is an ideal time for parents to explain to children about disability or any differences in people.

We are not all the same, some wear glasses, some red hair some spots some fat some thin. All children should ne taught at an early age to love everyone, we cant help being what we are!

 

I agree.  That's a perfect opportunity to explain to their children, that everyone IS different.  And that it's ok if they're different because someday, whether they're at school or somewhere else, somebody else may make fun of them because they're different.

Think about it.  What would happen if (God forbid) they get into some sort of accident, and lose a limb.  Are they suppose to assume that they too, are scary? No. People are different.

These parents who see this lady as "scary" are just teaching their kids to judge people at such an early age.  I think it's very sad.

I remember when I was a kid there was a children's TV show about children with disabilities, it ranged from blind children, autism, down syndrome. They actually had the disabled children on TV. I remember finding it very interesting and I wasn't scared in any way.

I think parents are over reacting and it does seem like discrimination.

That's pretty pathetic.

When I was in elementary school we had a week each year (I forget what it was called) where we learned about disabilities. There were activities set up to simulate what it was like for people with disabilities. The activities I remember clearly were to simulate blindness, deafness and I remember one for dyslexia as well. We had speakers who were disabled come in and talk to us. I don't remember anyone being scared or disgusted. I think these parents are definitely overreacting. 

I have a granddaughter in a wheel chair,  She is the only one in her school  with her disabilty.

She is smart and well adjusted and does everything that the other kids can do except run.  She can walk with a walker, but it is hard for her.

I would love for this show to be broadcasted in my area.  The last sitcom that I seen on TV with a wheel chair was Malcom in the Middle and the kid on there could walk IRL.

Kids need to learn that there are others out there that are different and can still do the things that they can.

I think 'a number of parents' (a very small number of very silly parents I'm guessing) should grow up a little.  Children are rarely frightened by disability.  The CBeebies pre-school agegroup are probably more curious than anxious about the missing hand.    If anyone's daft enough to sit at home making 'yuk' faces and switching off the TV set  the children will think that there's something to be nervous about.

When my son started school an autistic boy joined at the same time.  He had a personal assistant and was a bit 'shouty'  but the children all got used to him.  When I asked my son why he thought Andrew behaved as he did he replied very matter-of-fact.... 'his brain is just wired up differently to everyone else's'. 

 

How ridiculous can you get?! It doesn't scare the kids... but if the parents are squeamish it might scare THEM to have to explain to their kids that not everybody is born perfect. They need to grow up...

Original Post by gi-jane:

  When I asked my son why he thought Andrew behaved as he did he replied very matter-of-fact.... 'his brain is just wired up differently to everyone else's'. 

It's amazing, and wonderful, how accepting kids can be.  When kids first meet my youngest son (who is autistic and nonverbal), they are shy at first, but then I explain what he's doing and that he understands almost everything they say, and they're fine with him.  Almost all of them take his hand and ask him to play.

I shudder to think at what these parents are teaching their children.  Inclusion of people with disabilities helps everyone, not just the disabled.

Kids are scared of that pretty blond?  Yeah right. 

Adults breed discrimination into their children, I do not believe that any child would think that woman is scary because she's missing a hand.  I think it sad that parents are trying to ruin something that is going to help teach their children to be accepting of other people's differences, or teach them (if they are different) that it's ok to look different than everyone else.

If anyone has a frightening disability.. it's the "concerned parents".

In second grade I had a teacher who I loved.  Her name was Miss Palumbo, and she was pretty, fun and kind. 

Years later, my family was reminiscing about the elementary school and I said that Miss Palumbo had been my favorite teacher.  My mother said "wasn't she the one with horribly deformed hand?"  My aunt confirmed this.  I'd never noticed, and neither had my brothers, and we each spent a whole school year in her class.  Apparently she was missing fingers, the hand was undersized and withered, and bent. 

It's the grownups who have the problem, not the kids.

If the children really are "frightened", it's because their ignorant parents have taught them this bigotry against the differently abled. What would they do if they were at the store and saw a person in a wheelchair buying groceries? Or if a new student was put into their child's class who was missing a limb? How would they treat their own child if there were some sort of accident that left them that way?

people suck.

Not all people.

Molly serves as an ambassador of cool for many children who have lost limbs. She appears at a yearly camp hosted by her owner/rescuer and gives the kids the courage to be different. She's not scary at all. :)