小矮人的世界很精彩

I don't think there is a certain point in anyone's life where they grow up.

I think that we're growing up all the time, and we always will be.

My name is Jon Novick. I'm 20 years old, and I'm a dwarf with achondroplasia.

Before I was even born, my mother studied genetics in graduate school.

Specifically, she had an interest in achondroplastic dwarfism that she did a study on.

Achondroplastic dwarfism is the kind of dwarfism that I have, so when I was born, she had a lot of extra information and she had a lot of books to help her parent me.

The definition for dwarfism is the abnormal underdevelopment of the body characterized predominantly by extreme shortness of stature.

There's a lot of different kinds of dwarfism, as I mentioned before, and the most common kind is the kind that I have, which is achondroplasia.

Achondroplasia is characterized by disproportionately short limbs, a normal-sized torso, large head, and with a depressed nasal bridge, right here, a small face, and stubby hands, as well as the curvature of the spine.

The term is dwarf or little person. One or the other is totally fine, just not " midget."