Its Time for Dwarf / Little People to Get Motivate...

Dwarfism is used to describe a person of short stature, less than 4 feet, 10 inches (147 cm). A similar term for short people is midget; however, dwarf and midgets are not the same. Midgets are perfectly proportioned humans, while dwarf have a large head and misshapen limbs and torsos.  According to Little People of America the word “midget” is considered as a derogatory slur. The dwarfism community has voiced that they prefer to be referred to as dwarfs, little people, people of short stature or having dwarfism, or simply, and most preferably, by their given name.

Dwarfirm is caused by over 200 different 
medical conditions.

70% of cases are the result of achondroplasia, which affects between 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 40,000 people worldwide.

Reason for Occurring of Dwarfirm:

Dwarfism is often caused by the person inheriting an allele (a mutant gene), which produces a defect in development. Defects caused by geneticsare are the main kind of congenital defects, and usually cannot be cured.

Extreme shortness, but with body parts of normal proportions, may be caused by growth hormone deficiency, once known as pituitary dwarfism.

The most common cause of dwarfism is a defect in bone, development called achondroplasia, in which the limbs are short in proportion to the body. This accounts for 70% of cases.

Some of the Day to Day Problem Faced by Little People:

1.     Door Handles are usually too high due to which it become difficult for them to access.

2.     Service machines like ATMs, Ticket Counter, Reception in Hotel/Airport etc, are designed with the average adult height in mind due to which it become challenging for little people to operate.

3.     Shoes are usually designed either for children or for average-sized adults. Little people's feet are often the length of children's feet, but they can be much too wide to fit into children's sizes. Even if children's sizes do fit, finding styles that are appropriate for adults can be challenging

4.     Some little people have no health issues; they are simply short. Health Problem commonly associated with dwarfism include apnea, obesity, recurrent ear infections, spinal deformities, back pain, difficulty walking, and in extreme cases, a build-up of fluid in the brain

5.     Workplace Discrimination: It is technically illegal to refuse to hire someone on the basis of a disability For example, a barista with dwarfism was allegedly fired from her job at Starbucks because she asked for a stool to help her complete her duties - a clear example of workplace discrimination. According to a 2012 survey by Little People of America, 73% of the 151 respondents reported experiencing some form of employment barrier related to their dwarfism.

   

Facts about Dwarfirm:

In 2004 there were approximately 5 million people of short stature (for their age) living in the United States, of whom 40 percent were under the age of 21. Achondroplasia occurs in all races and with equal frequency in males and females and affects about one in every 40,000 children.

Below is a Chauhan Family from Hyderabad, India were 9 out of 11 people are suffering from same genetic condition, Due to Drawfirm they are not able to live a normal life. Everyone teases them, laugh at them and asked them strange questions like, 'Why are you so short?', 'Where are you from?' etc etc. the Entire family is facing difficulty in getting a desired Job.

Despite of so many toughness in their life, the entire family members are self-motivating each other.

You can also click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSoKKexKz2g&t=2s to watch full documentary on Chauhan Family.

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My Purpose of writing about Dwarfirm started when I begin watching the series Game of Thrones. There is a character known as Tyrion Lannister which is done by Peter Dinklage.

According to me Tyrion Lannister is one of the most powerful and important character on Game of Thrones. despite being Dwarf the way he is been acting in the entire episode is magnificent. 


About Peter Dinklage (Age 48 Years). He is an American Actor and film Producer who has worked in television, Film and on Stage. He has starred in Game of Thrones as Tyrion Lannister since Season 1. 

Some of his famous Movies are: 
The Station Agent, 
Living in Oblivion, 
Find Me Guilty, 
Nip/Tuck, 
Threshold, 
Death of the Funeral, 
Pete Smalls is Dead,
I Love You too, Lassie.  

       

    

He has won award like Golden Globe, Emmy, Gold Derby TV Award, Star Meter Award and amny more.

He is married to Erica Schmidt (Age 42 Years) and blessed with 2 Children.   

After watching his hardwork and determination in Game of Thrones and his movie I believe that all the people all over the globe who are affected by achondroplasia should not consider them different, Little People are same as other normal human being. If Peter Dinklage can become a super star you can also, just believe in yourself and never give-up. I also request all the people not to see Little People differently; they are same as normal human being, whenever you come across such little people just motivate them to achieve what they desire.

I request all the reader to go through video which is worth watching.

The below video is about Nichola and Stefan wherein they are talk about what its like having achondroplasia - dwarfism.

 Peter Dicklage in below video talk about his journey which is truly motivational to all   people.

Sources : 

www.lpaonline.org/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4171320/Indian-dwarf-family-nine-11-Achondroplasia.htmlwikipedia.org

https://healthresearchfunding.org/7-dwarfism-statistics/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/medicine/diseases-and-conditions/pathology/dwarfism

Note: 
On the basis of above article, it is not only Dwarf/Little People can get Motivate it is particularly for everyone who consider them-self as underprivileged person. If a person has a courage and give his 100% efforts in his desired work he/she will be successful and happy in his life and it will be proved that Height, Weight, Age is just a number. 

I would appreciate all the reader to share any story, suggestion, feedback, comments with regards to Dwarfirm and create awareness for the same.