Dwarfism

Dwarfism ´ Dwarfism is characterized by the being of short stature. This means an adult having a height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 cm) or under, according to LPA, the advocacy group Little People of America. "Dwarfism can be caused by about 200 distinct medical conditions most of which are genetic, making symptoms and characteristic on individual people that have dwarfism." It can happen and is most often when both parents are average height. 

You must know that dwarfism is not an intellectual disability. Dwarfism is not a disease that requires a cure. Most people with dwarfism live long. Don’t assume that they are incapable, people with dwarfism go to school, get marry, form families, and go to work just like us. Here are some types of short stature: Most type of dwarfism is known as skeletal dysplasia. This happens to be a condition of abnormal bone growth. It divides into two types: short trunk and short limb dysplasia. People with short trunk tend to have average sized limbs, whereas those who have short limb dysplasia tend to have average sized trunk but short legs and arms. The most common skeletal dysplasia is known as //achondroplasia.// "This is a short limb dysplasia occurs in 1 of every 15,000 to 40,000 babies of all races and ethnicities". It can be caused by a unplanned mutation in the egg or sperm cells prior to conception and also by genetic changes (gene called FGFR3) or the child may inherit a change in this gene since a parent also carries achondroplasia. People with achondroplasia have long trunk and shortened upper parts of their arms and legs. A diastrophic dysplasia is different; it is a form of short limb dwarfism. It is sometimes associated with club feet, cleft palate and cauliflower ears look like appearance. People who have diastrophic dysplasia tend to have shortened forearms and calves. Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasias (SED) is a condition of short trunk skeletal. "It can occur to 1 baby in 95,000". Along with the first type of skeletal dysplasia I mentioned before achrondroplasia, it is a very common form of dwarfism. These are results of disproportionate short statures. This happens when limbs and the trunk don’t have the same proportions; a reason is because of metabolic or hormonal disorders.
 * Lack of growth in the trunk area
 * Club feet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cleft palate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barrel chested appearance

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">A person with dwarfism has an affected growth rate in were they have a shorter height than normal. This can have many causes but the most common ones being the hypophyseal dwarfism – lack of growth hormones, and the ancondroplasic dwarfism- which is an alteration in the bone cartilages that doesn’t let the development of the long bones. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“What prompt a gene to mutate is not yet clearly understood.” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">When parents have some form of dwarfism the odds that the baby is born with some of the same characteristics are greater. Metabolic or hormonal disorder in infancy is another cause of dwarfism.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Social: // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Economic: // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cultural: //
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Benefits ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Limitations ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Make society look up to people who live up to challenges daily || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Weight problems ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">However they have a good sturdy musculation (perform, great acrobats and good runners) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Trouble with joint, flexibility & early arthritis ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Do some jobs that average sized people can’t. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lower back pain or leg numbness ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Detected before birth by prenatal ultrasounds, DNA tests || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ear infections/ hearing loss ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Breath problems caused by small chest ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Live up to a normal life like we do
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can be highly offended when called midgets
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learning to deal with people reactions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">May be teased at school- be strong, give support
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">People with dwarfism can work as well as we do
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">People with dwarfism happen to be really good acrobats
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> They also become Hollywood stars Ex. Jason Acuña a.k.a Wee- Man former star and acrobat on MTV series “Jackass”

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