A mixed bag, from a child athlete to a senior soothsayer

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LP child athlete, meet Nima:), with pic:

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Sevenyearold-needs-help-to-compete.443883\

0.jp

Films involving Disabilities, click here to find out the major and

minor ones that features us:

http://www.disabilityfilms.co.uk/dwarftoc.html

I include , the gold medal winning U.S. Olympian because

we did discuss her a couple weeks back and she is what, 4'8 " or 4'9 " ?

But, it's interesting to note in the comments of this article on her,

a few idiots called her, yes her, the *M* word to which others

readers*, replied back to let them know that was wrong which I thought

was nice and supportive of her as well as of us:).

*One of the respondents has lps as parents:).

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/08/20/shawn-johnson-gold/

The following is a study on the use of Growth Hormone and how that

could increase muscle function for kids who really could use it the

most (eg. Silver children, of which the study had 11). The

article is rather technical and is not for everyone.

http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/8/2978

Meet Bryce:), he " is one of only 300 children in the world who suffers

from Kabuki Syndrome, a condition that affects major organs, " of which

dwarfism or 'short stature' is also a 'hallmark' or characteristic,

with pic.

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/08/29/17728_news.html

" Bringing a smile to a boy's face. "

" MOTORCYCLE CLUB MAKES JACKSON MILEWSKI AN HONOURARY MEMBER. "

Meet , he has Morquio Syndrome, with pic.

http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1176425

Meet Ruth Duccini, one of the last surviving Mucnhkins, who became a

nonagenarian recently. She was not only in the movie, " The Wizard of

Oz " , of course, but she was also in " Under the Rainbow " . Unfortunately

there is no pic of her in the article itself, but I

thought it would still nice to salute her. Happy Birthday Ruth:).

http://laist.com/2008/08/24/hooray_for_hollywoods_nonagenarians_1.php

I did find the following pic of Ruth with the other surviving

Munchkins in a group shot of them for their receiving a star on

Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Ruth is in the middle in a black dress, next

to Margaret Pelligrini, taken in November of 2007.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07fk1e10BraTa/610x.jpg

" Candidates turn to 'play dates,' 'coffee klatches', (and a all dwarf

basket ball team fund raiser) with voters. " If you click the i-Pod

version of it, you will have the complete article spoken to you, if

you are like me too lazy to read it all:P

http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_S_playdate30.476a1f2\

..html?npc

" Danny, " he has O.I., " put his hands on the steering wheel, he

envisioned a whole new future of possibilities. "

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20096074 & BRD=1601 & PAG=461 & dept_id=4798\

55 & rfi=6

Meet the 'Bloomies', again, as I've featured them here before but this

is a new news article on them as well as others with the rarer medical

conditions amongst all of us or the general population.

Article:

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/08/17/money/doc48a58761bf0cb405560923.tx\

t

Scroll down to " Who can become an expert? " paragraph, on the

'Bloomies' alone.

Their own website: http://www.bloomsconnect.org

And a new website mentioned in the article, which I found to be

interesting, for all those with the rarer medical conditions:

http://www.RareShare.org

Finally, meet Chief Olaitan Ileaje Adeniyi, the lp soothsayer, with

his pic and interview.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/30082008/weekendride3.html

enjoy:), grady