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Claire "Cerrie" Burnell (born 30 August 1979)〔〔〔 is an English actress, singer, playwright, children's author, and television presenter for the BBC children's channel CBeebies. Burnell was born with a right arm that ends just below the elbow. Her initial appearance on CBeebies sparked a controversy about children's television presenters with physical disabilities and the apparent prejudice of complainants. ==Personal life== Burnell was born in Petts Wood, London, and grew up in Eastbourne, Sussex.〔 Her mother is a dance teacher, and her father a telecoms manager.〔("Disabled TV presenter Cerrie Burnell beats the bigots" ), by Susan Swarbrick, 31 August 2009, ''The Herald''. Retrieved 26 May 2010.〕 She has one younger brother.〔 She was originally named "Claire", but started asking people to call her "Cerrie" at the age of ten.〔 Burnell was born with her right arm ending slightly below the elbow.〔("How do you explain a missing hand to a child?" ), by Tom Geoghegan, ''BBC News Magazine'', 24 February 2009.〕 Her parents encouraged her to wear a prosthetic arm, but she resisted from the start, and stopped wearing one entirely when she was nine.〔〔 She says her disability did not hinder her from doing what she wanted, including "sports, swimming, windsurfing, singing in the choir or joining the Army cadets."〔 Burnell also suffered from dyslexia, which left her unable to read until the age of ten. She learned with extra tuition and the Letterland system.〔("I couldn't read until I was 10, says CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell" ), Tom Harper, ''London Evening Standard'', 26 September 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.〕 As a teenager, she worked as a hotel chambermaid during summers, and travelled widely, working in a leprosy clinic in India, and volunteering in Brazil.〔 Burnell has a daughter, Amelie, born in 2008.〔("Why one-armed BBC presenter Cerrie Burnell was proud of the debate her disability provoked" ), by Helen Weathers, ''Daily Mail'', 2 March 2009.〕〔("TV presenter's calm take on prejudice" ), by Ben Dowell, ''The Guardian'', 28 February 2009〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cerrie Burnell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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