#dwarfism

[a-little-revolution]

I stumbled upon @thequeermama's post on Instagram "Answers I've given my kids recently, as a parent who never says 'I'll tell you when you're older" and thought her response to her child seeing a little person was excellent!

"Yes, that person was an adult, and they're your height - some people are born like that, it would be boring if we all looked the same"

As a little person in public, I've had countless interactions with children and their parents in response to my disability. Some parents ask if their children can come up and meet me, others yank them away to avoid an embarrassing interaction. Regardless of your level of knowledge on dwarfism, I believe it is every parent's job to teach their children to be respectful in public; to know that people come in all shapes and sizes, and that every human being is deserving of kindness and respect.

If your child is old enough to mock and belittle someone, they are old enough to be taught to know better.

As a parent, it is up to you to lead by example - take every opportunity to show your children how to treat others with kindness. This means unlearning your own ableism!

Everything is a teachable moment - if your child is making a scene, I like to see that you the parent do not accept the behaviour. Stop everything and talk to your child!! Deescalate!!

Depending on the little person (and the circumstance) they may be willing to educate your child in the moment, but open with a "could my child ask you some questions?" or "may I ask you about your disability?" and respect their response.

I understand the panic that can come with your child's negative response, but please understand that yanking away your child can make disability feel taboo and can even make them fearful of me.

Please prepare your children for seeing and interacting with all sorts of people - these days here are plenty of children's media on diversity!

[disabilitypride]

Little People (Dwarfism) Pride Flag

From Little People of America (Facebook).

Design by Margaret Drew and Jon Morato (2023).

The different shades of green represent the variety of kinds of dwarfism. The variety of sizes of these green rectangles represent the variety of sizes that little people can have. The blue represents allies to the little people community.

SVG version is available on Wikimedia Commons.

[only-knives]

thanks to ableism, heightism, and fatphobia, almost nothing is made to fit or work for my body ever. mobility aids. furniture. clothes. shoes. cars. etc. etc. if any of these do work out for me, they're usually expensive and i have a much more limited selection than abled, average height, straight sized people.

this isn't just inconvenience, either. things like furniture and shoes not being made for me causes me pain and takes a toll on my body, because i physically cant use them properly. making things fit me takes energy and money that i cant afford, but sometimes have to spend anyway. the safety measures in things like cars could injure or even kill me if i were to get in a bad accident.

being short, fat, and disabled in this society is so much harder than it has to be. it's unfair and downright dangerous that our bodies aren't being taken into account when designing almost everything around us. disabled people deserve better. fat people deserve better. people with short and tall stature deserve better.

we're just as much part of this world as everyone else, and we deserve to live in a world that acts like we exist.

[ablednt]

Reblog for reach

[sickness-stricken]

Accusing Peter Dinklage of being the reason Disney didn’t hire little people to play the seven dwarves because he personally does not want to be typecast as only playing little fantasy races like gnomes is ableist as fuck idc go argue with the wall

Stop dickriding for the trillion dollar company

[hussyknee]

PSA: Please for the love of God stop using the word "cretin". It's a slur for people born with congenital hypothyroidism (CHT, that used to be called cretinism) that causes physical and intellectual disability.

I think it's unrealistic to expect a blanket moratorium on insults about intelligence, but words like "mong/mongoloid" (anti-Asian slur later applied to people with Down Syndrome), "spaz", "downie", "midget" and "cretin" refer to people born with specific developmental disorders. If you care enough not to use the "r–word", please steer clear of these as well.

[milotheshrike]

Just in case anyone curious

Growth hormone treatment to "cure dwarfism" is eugenics

Just straight up eugenics.

And il burn this entire world down if it becomes normal.

[gayaest]

[ Description in Alt-Text] 🤍🦇🗝️🪦🖤 Zakira again — gave them a slightly different outfit, but something he would still wear! 🎶🫖

[sadko101]

guys please remember that m-slur, is a slur. ive seen a lot of vidoes of people (*cough* kooleen *cough*) using it just to describe shorter characters in a teasing way, but it is a SLUR

its a slur towards little people and just because your not using it on someone with dwarfism and just a short fictional character or short person, doesnt make it okay to say. the normalisation of saying slurs doesnt make them any less harmful. if you wanna insult a character for being short, just make any other joke.

[afriblaq]

Black history facts - Kenneth Brown

[a-little-revolution]

Dwarfism and Fashion

After a recent ask regarding adaptive clothing, I wanted to give another shout out to Sinead Burke - a fabulous teacher, writer, and advocate for disability and design! She makes for a great reference when it comes to clothing for little people, be sure to look into her work!

[artoatsblog]

Hey, you can make your favorite characters disabled and I'm not just talking about making them a cane user (although there's nothing wrong with that), you can give them anything give them dwarfism even though they're not short in cannon, make them a amputee, give them brain damage, make them a intellectually disabled person or give them cerebral palsy, you can give them anything.

[queer-ragnelle]

Are there any other books out there that have a main character with dwarfism in the way of Tyrion Lannister from A Song of Ice and Fire? Stories with dwarfs as a fantasy race or anyone cursed to be dwarfs do not count.

[thewatcher0nthewall]

Imp

[anonbeadraws]

Character sheet for @krtart of Oscar and his beloved companion Lily, he has the best weird grandpa vibes and I love him 🌿 🌿Com info here! 🌿