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  2. Dwarfism - Wikipedia

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    Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. [1] In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 147 centimetres (4 ft 10 in), regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dwarfism is 120 centimetres (4 ft).

  3. Midget - Wikipedia

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    Singer's Midgets toured the US from 1910 to 1935 and were "enormously successful". [1]Midget (from midge, a tiny biting insect [2]) is a term for a person of unusually short stature that is considered by some to be pejorative due to its etymology.

  4. Special interest (autism) - Wikipedia

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    Autism rights advocates and psychologists say this binary of acceptable "passions" and pathologised "obsessions" is unfair. [7] [8] Terms like circumscribed interests, [9] obsessions, or restricted interests [10] have historically been used to describe special interests, but these terms are discouraged by autism rights advocates. [7]

  5. Exclusive: ‘Little People, Big World’ star Zach Roloff’s son ...

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    Little People, Big World” star Zach Roloff and his three children, Jackson, 6, Lilah, 4, and Josiah, 23 months, all have dwarfism. While Zach has been living with the genetic condition for 33 ...

  6. Zach, Tori Roloff Reveal Baby Josiah Has Dwarfism: 'Not His ...

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    Zach and Tori Roloff’s newborn son, Josiah, has achondroplasia, the Little People, Big World stars exclusively tell Us Weekly. The couple opened up about their reason for going public with their ...

  7. Zach, Tori Roloff Wonder if Baby Josiah Will Have Dwarfism

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    In Us Weekly’s exclusive clip from the Tuesday, June 28, episode of season 23 of Little People, Big World, Zach, 32, and Tori, 31, attempt to put together baby Josiah’s room ahead of his ...

  8. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Views vary with geography and culture, over time, and among individuals. Many terms that some people view as harmful are not viewed as hurtful by others, and even where some people are hurt by certain terms, others may be hurt by the replacement of such terms with what they consider to be euphemisms (e.g., "differently abled" or "special needs ...

  9. Psychosocial short stature - Wikipedia

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    Psychosocial short stature (PSS) is a growth disorder that is observed between the ages of 2 and 15, caused by extreme emotional deprivation or stress.. The symptoms include decreased growth hormone (GH) and somatomedin secretion, very short stature, weight that is inappropriate for the height, and immature skeletal age.