Dwarfism. Born to Be Small

Description

Dwarfism - achondroplasia - affects one out of every 25,000 children. This program follows four families impacted by this condition: a person of short stature whose husband is of average height anxiously waits to learn if her unborn child will be a dwarf; a 13-year-old little person, taunted at school, opts for an extraordinary operation that will lengthen her legs; a couple, comfortable with their own dwarfism, talk about their life; and another couple, of average height, struggle to accept their child's dwarfism.

Runtime

51 min

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Date of Publication

[2013], c1997

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