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Hi,

My name is Miriam. I am 32 years old. I live just outside Washington DC. I

found the LPA website & info on this group yesterday. At first I was ( & still

am) a bit hesitant to post here. As I was not sure whether I would be

accepted into your group. I have never been legally diagnosed as having

Dwarfism, but I am only 4ft 9.5 inches tall. If my Doctors as a kid had taken

my size (or the lack there of) seriously maybe I would have been diagnosed. <

Sorry this has turned into a long lettre>

As a child from the ages of 9-11 years old my Mom took me to our local

children's Hospital (at my Nana's pleading) several times, to see an

Endrchronogist about my height. I was there human pin cushion for testing. At

the time they were testing me the growth hormone shots were just coming out,

so I guess was one of their test subjects. In the end they didn't give it to

me. They told my Mom I would only reach 4ft 8 inches in height at the most.

Guess they were off a bit.

I have spent my life being shorter then all my friends & other adults I know.

I now teach at a private school that is Nursery to grade 12. And the

majourity of the students are taller then me. I teach in the nursery. But

when I am working in the high school the kids try to pull everything on me.

Guess why ?? But when I threaten to make them change a diaper in the nursery,

they start listening.

I always thought I would be some where in height between my Mom at 4ft 11 3/4

inches & my Dad who was 5ft 9 in..

When I was learning to drive my Dad hooked extension on the driving pedal so

I could reach it. And in my husbands car I have to sit on a cushion in order

to see over the steering wheel. This is my biggest problem - seeing over the

steering wheel. I now drive a Geo Metro, with no adaptations.. Are

Adaptations legal ? If I put one on my next car, will I get in trouble when

it is inspected.

I am hoping to get a reacher soon to help me with laundry,etc. Everytime I

have to get out what is on the bottom of the laundry machine, I have to pull

myself up & in part way to the machine. My husband (Allan) finally caught

onto my bruises in the rib area from doing this, and said I could get the

reacher. His issue was cost. I can only see my head in my bathroom mirrors. I

have given up on them also & am now looking for one to hang on my door. I

have a stool in my kitchen, but it only helps so far. My husband still freaks

when he sees me walking on the Kitchen counters to reach something on the top

of the cabinets. I did Gymnastics as a kid, so walking on the counters is no

problem.

I could go on, but I am geussing this sounds familiar to a lot of people

here. Besides being short I also have severe asthma, chrondromalicia ( a

joint disorder) in both knees, learning disabilities, and muscular

spasticity. I run a mailing list for asthma & lung disorders if anyone is

interest.I have a website. So if you can recommend some good links for me to

add to my asthma & Disability page I would appreciate it.

Thanks for being patient with my long intro lettre. I hope I will be accepted

into this group. Happy Holidays to All...

KRFTS,

Miriam

MY HOME ON THE WEB:

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<A HREF= " http://www.wheezieprod.com " >http://www.wheezieprod.com</A>( my website)

<A HREF= " http://www.wheezieprod.com/MeatLoaf.html " >Miriam's MeatLoaf site</A>

(My MeatLoaf Site)

<A HREF= " http://www.wheezieprod.com/Sanrio.html " >MiMi's Sanrio Site</A>

ICQ # - 1774510

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