Anyone else disgusted by the Cerrie Burnell coverage?

I was; I read the news report that the lovely armless lady had been branded as a disfigured freak and recieved 9 formal, bigoted complaints from people who thought it was a good idea to shield their children from disability, in case her stump of a limb gave them sleeping problems, even though there weren't that many formal complaints, there were some people with those sentiments who were afraid to come forward, for fear of being recognized as the backward bigots they are but posted their views on a relevant forum; does anyone else think this was utterly stupid and a bit ignorant? Haven't we gotten past the days when everyone on TV has to be beautiful and perfect and children never grow old and bad things don't happen to good people?