A mum who was told her unborn child was suffering from a lethal form of dwarfism later discovered she was perfectly healthy - years after she made the difficult decision to have an abortion.

"It's not a way you refer to a person with dwarfism. It's a derogatory slur," said Michelle Kraus, the public relations director of Little People of America. LPA, a nonprofit that provides support ...

Cait Hellyer, from the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, has dwarfism and wants to see better representation and accessibility from well-known fashion brands. She said finding suitable lingerie or ...

Alkuraya and his colleagues pinpointed the gene by sequencing the protein-coding DNA of children with unexplained microcephalic dwarfism. In total, they found 29 affected individuals from 21 ...

She was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism. Those with this condition typically have an average-sized torso but shorter legs and arms. While the condition ...