WEBVTT ERIN: IF YOU NEED SOME MOTIVATION THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING, I’M HERE WITH KRISTEN DEANDRADE, BORN WITH ACHONDROPLASIA, MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS DWARFISM, AND SHE’S GONE THROUGH A LOT IN HER LIFE, ...

Fred Vogel can recall the nights when his younger brother Mark practically cried himself to sleep. Born with achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism, Mark shared a room with Fred for many years ...

Fred Vogel, 43, of Secaucus, sits on a friend's bike with friends and family around him after the 1st annual Mark Vogel Memorial Charity Run for Little People of America on June 26, 2011. (JOURNAL ...

Dwarfism is a medical or genetic condition that causes someone to be considerably shorter than an average-sized man or woman. The average height of an adult with dwarfism is 4 feet, but dwarfism could ...

Dwarfism occurs when a person is unusually short. Dwarfism itself is not a disease and, as a result, it has no single medical definition. Different organizations define dwarfism according to various ...

Historically and culturally, many societies’ frames of reference concerning dwarfism have put people with the condition at the margins of humanity. People with dwarfism are subjected to daily abuse ...