A mother changing her baby's nappy, using her mouth, is surely not a "big job" to be sniffed at.

But for Alison Lapper and her lovely son Parys, it is all in the line of duty (Child - and mother - Of Our Time, BBC1, June 27).

As someone who remembers Alison when she was a pretty four-year-old at Chailey, I shall follow her story with great interest and, hopefully, one day read her book.

Unarmed And Extremely Courageous would be the title if I were to choose it.

Alison, however, wishes to be regarded as an ordinary mother doing those things other mums do - possibly putting some to shame in the process.

If Parys, bless him, takes advantage and twists mum around his little finger, Alison will be thankful in that he has little fingers and toes, ten each of those.

Maybe, one day, he will dance, who knows? What beautiful photographs she could take of the poses. Being a photographer of repute, I guess Alison will get many a shot of her little tot.

One hopes, over the next eighteen years, as she and Parys share their life with us, attitudes to those such as Alison will change, in that people will be judged only by the heart and soul within, not by the colour of their skin or their looks.

At the end of Alison's sequel, all beings will be seen as equal.

We must all be carers.

-Peter Turner, Highcroft Villas, Brighton