Affiliate disclosure: Some product links are affiliate links. If you buy through them, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. We recommend products as examples from our experience; fit and availability can change. On Dwarf Dad’s first visit to Europe as a child, he was exploring a new hotel in…
An LP dad’s personal experience What happened to my hip pain when I went grain-free Going grain-free coincided with a major improvement in my hip pain. This is the story of what I changed, what I noticed, and what current evidence can—and cannot—tell us about keto, gluten, weight loss, and joint pain. Affiliate disclosure: Some…
A Word About Dwarf Tossing: Degrading Why I do not see a consenting performer as the only person affected by the event. An average-height parent of an LP once shared an advertisement for a dwarf-tossing event and called it disrespectful. The response from the dwarfism community was not unanimous. Some people focused on an adult…
Dental care with achondroplasia From the first tooth to adult independence An LP mom’s practical guide to brushing, flossing, dental visits, orthodontic planning, and making the dentist’s office work better for a shorter body. How to use this guide This is what has worked in our LP family, together with the preventive and achondroplasia-specific guidance…
Why I Wrote Our School Board About Air Conditioning A parent’s story about turning a facilities vote into a dwarfism and accessibility conversation. Call me the dwarfism and disability-rights crusader for my son’s school. First, I spoke up when a charter school was proposed for our campus. Then I spoke up when our area schools…