Larry, once again your wisdom shines through. I was VERY scared by some "fairy tales" when I was little, some of them are so Grimm I wonder that children sleep at night having heard them or read them.
We do indeed have a long way to go. BBC1 proudly announced that they were showing the first ever "all black" episode of EastEnders the other night, and how likely is it that we can expect anything remotely comparable?
Cheers,
Helen
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From: Larry Arnold [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 24 February 2009 23:21
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Subject: Re: Disabled presenter "scares" young children
Years ago "they" would have said this about a black presenter, or a presenter with a foreign accent, or a red haired presenter, prejudice is prejudice and unfortunately it shows just how far we have yet to go in terms of achieving automatic and built in disability awareness.
As for me I think my teeth are scary enough to disqualify me from ever presenting, unless it is shock therapy to scare kids into going to the dentist :)
S'funny how Punch and Judy is acceptable, Fairy tales about wolves are acceptable, Bambi (and that is really scary) is acceptable but disability is still a no no!
Larry
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> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of KIRSTEN BATTLE
> Sent: 24 February 2009 17:45
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> Subject: Disabled presenter "scares" young children
>
> Evening all
>
> With regard to the fury that is going on with regard to the CBBC presenter who happens to
> only have one arm and is, as such, apparently scaring young children, could someone
> please explain to me the psychological/sociological reasons as to why people are afraid of
> disability.
>
> Also does anyone know of any similar scenarios with regard to disability which has created
> similar controversy?
>
> I am writing a dissertation on whether the media images of disability affect the public
> perceptions thereof, so the above is good in terms of timing!
>
> Any help would be gratefully appreciated!
>
> Kirsten Battle
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