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Comprehensive resource, including information on types of dwarfism, links to medical resources, specialized shopping resources, legal information, e-mail list, links to web pages by dwarfs, and articles on various topics.
http://www.dwarfism.org/
Little People's Research Fund is the only health organization in the world supporting research for the special medical needs of Little People - people affected with dwarfism.
http://www.lprf.org/
Information on this dwarfism, and contacting other families aware of this rare disorder.
http://www.geocities.com/annetteaxe/Seckel_Sydrome-dwarfism.html
Extensive resources for people living with syndromes in the spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, and Kniest syndrome family.
http://www.ksginfo.org/
A woman reflects on how people react to her and other dwarves, and how the movie The Station Agent may affect that.
http://www.thestranger.com/2003-11-27/feature2.html
Article from eMedicine.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic12.htm
Collection of links related to dwarfism.
http://www.ability.org.uk/dwarfism.html
Article on medical aspects from eMedicine.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2087.htm
Offers information about achondroplasia, the most common type of disproportionate short stature.
http://www.pediatriconcall.com/f...sandcondition/Achondroplasia.asp
The Greenberg Center is dedicated to physicians, patients, families and others with an interest in dwarfism and skeletal dysplasias.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/greenbergcenter/