Was taking a look over at the Restricted Growth Association website and found this informative video about restricted growth by NHS Choices. Dr Will Christian talks about what restricted growth/dwarfism is and provides advice on how to access medical services and how you can help your child. http://youtu.be/p_2xxKXmbaw
Author: Little Lady
Early Day Motion 1719 – Public Attitudes Towards People Of Short Stature
It’s come to my attention that an Early Day Motion has been drawn up to challenge the unfair attitudes and prejudices that we, people with various forms of dwarfism are subjected to in the media, by some professionals and more so on the street going about our day-to-day lives. To carry this motion forward, we …
Life Got In The Way – Part Deux
Oh well, best intentions and all that but again I’ve left HLL looking like a digital graveyard. It’s unintentional believe you me, it’s been a busy few months that haven’t left me much time or energy to write much. So apologises to all of you who have emailed and left kind messages of support about …
Life Got In The Way
Blimey, just looked at my blog here and realised it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Bad Little Lady ha ha. In all seriousness, life has gotten rather busy since the end of January with some rather major events and other major events me and the beau are planning for later in the year, which …
Stop Staring
I was out for dinner with my family and as I walking back to the table with my food I overheard a girl telling her younger sister to stop staring. Of course I averted my eyes and pretend not to hear with my ears as it was the end of the work day and I …
Warwick Davis – Size Matters Not Book Review
I’ve mentioned Warwick Davis a number of times on this blog with his interview on Able Radio and his interview in Disability Now and have been anxious to get hold of his autobiography Size Matters Not for some time now. Imagine how glad I was to find a copy of the hardback in my local …
The One Thing You Learn To Do As A Person With Restricted Growth
Ask.
Do You Identify As Disabled?
I was having ‘that’ conversation at work the other day. You know the one where a person who is curious or has a particular view of you wants to validate what their attitudes towards disability/restricted growth. It usually starts with ‘I don’t mean this to sound like it does, but I just see you as …
DLA To Be Changed
I’ve stayed clear of this for some time now as it’s a subject that makes me severely depressed. The universal benefit Disability Living Allowance is to be renamed to Personal Independent Payments. All claimants are to be reassessed except those with a terminal illness. This is the point where I hang my head and cry. …
Holiday Greetings
Hope you are all having a wonderful time over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Here’s to hoping you having a happy and prosperous new 2011. Keep a reading 😉