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	<title>Comments on: An &#8216;Armless Comment!</title>
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		<title>By: Rachel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rachel</dc:creator>
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		<description>I don&#039;t like her. I think both she and the guy she co-presents with (Alex?) are useless. I realise that pulling exaggerated facial expressions is part of the job but there&#039;s a fine line between that and constant crazy-eyes.

I also think the BBC have handled the situation badly. There are disabled characters in other CBeebies programmes whose disabilities are acknowledged in a sensible way when appropriate, e.g. on Me Too where they discussed &quot;blind cricket&quot; requiring a noise-making ball and large wicket. Compare this to Cerrie&#039;s page on the CBeebies website where she says her favourite game is Twister and it just feels like someone&#039;s taking the p***.

I also resent the implication (not specifically from you) that if I think she&#039;s crap at her job then I must be prejudiced. I don&#039;t know why she was given a job she doesn&#039;t seem suited for, but whether or not it was because of (or even in spite of) her disability, people should be allowed to say &quot;sorry, but I just don&#039;t like her&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t like her. I think both she and the guy she co-presents with (Alex?) are useless. I realise that pulling exaggerated facial expressions is part of the job but there&#8217;s a fine line between that and constant crazy-eyes.</p>
<p>I also think the BBC have handled the situation badly. There are disabled characters in other CBeebies programmes whose disabilities are acknowledged in a sensible way when appropriate, e.g. on Me Too where they discussed &#8220;blind cricket&#8221; requiring a noise-making ball and large wicket. Compare this to Cerrie&#8217;s page on the CBeebies website where she says her favourite game is Twister and it just feels like someone&#8217;s taking the p***.</p>
<p>I also resent the implication (not specifically from you) that if I think she&#8217;s crap at her job then I must be prejudiced. I don&#8217;t know why she was given a job she doesn&#8217;t seem suited for, but whether or not it was because of (or even in spite of) her disability, people should be allowed to say &#8220;sorry, but I just don&#8217;t like her&#8221;.</p>
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