Quadruple amputee enters the Big Brother house
Charlotte Nott, an 18-year-old quadruple amputee from Oxford, has joined the cast of the latest Big Brother series. Despite her father's initial anxiety, Nott's participation highlights her lifelong ambition and resilience in the face of physical challenges.
Why it matters
The inclusion of a contestant with a disability in a mainstream reality show promotes visibility and challenges societal perceptions of physical limitations.
Image source, ITV/Shutterstock Image caption, Charlotte Nott, 18, from Oxford, lost her arms and legs to meningitis as a toddler
Charlotte Nott has never let anything hold her back.
The student, from Oxford, is a quadruple amputee, having lost the lower parts of her arms and legs to meningitis when she was just two years old.
Now 18, Charlotte is a contestant in the latest series of Big Brother, something she has dreamed about for most of her life.
Her dad, Alex, told BBC Radio Oxford he was anxious about her appearance on the show, but said there had never been much point telling his daughter not to do something she had her sights on.
That resilience was on full display within seconds of Charlotte's arrival on the show.
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