Description: A project to raise positive awareness around dwarfism, address common misconceptions, and promote October as an International Dwarfism Awareness Month
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In 2009, Little People of America (LPA), the American organisation supporting people with dwarfism and their families, declared that October would be the National Dwarfism Awareness Month.
In establishing an annual Dwarfism Awareness Month, LPA hopes to raise positive awareness of dwarfism; addressing common misconceptions and increasing opportunities for people with dwarfism around the country.
“People with dwarfism are no different than any other person. We may just need a well-placed stool. Our members are children, college students, business professionals, doctors, engineers, mechanics, artists and teachers. We can do anything an average-height person can do,” says Lois Lamb, LPA President and a person with dwarfism.