It's Not This Woman Who's a Threat to Children -- It's Their Bigoted Parents [Edition 2]

Daily MailFebruary 26, 2009

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CERRIE BURNELL, a disabled CBeebies TV presenter, has found herself the subject of a disturbing online campaign by parents who say she will upset their children. Here, ALISON LAPPER, a 43-year- old artist, who was born with no arms and shortened legs, gives an impassioned riposte.

Alison became one of Britain's most recognisable champions of people with disabilities after posing for a sculpture, Alison Lapper Pregnant, exhibited in Trafalgar Square..

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It's Not This Woman Who's a Threat to Children -- It's Their Bigoted Parents [Edition 2]

FOR all those parents who have got themselves worked up about disabled TV presenter Cerrie Burnell, I have a question. Ask yourselves this. Why would your children be scared? What would they be scared of, precisely?

Children are beautiful in that they are born with a clean sl...

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