Dwarfism
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Miramar commissioners to vote on hosting Paralympic competition...who are tethered to the runner. The track and field competition is open to male and female athletes with physical disabilities such as dwarfism, amputation or limb loss, blindness or visual impairment, spinal cord injury, cerebral... In this article: Rio de Janeiro, Amputation, Cerebral palsy, Dwarfism, U.S. Olympic Committee, Spinal cord injury, Ato Boldon, Olympic Committee, and The Miami Herald |
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Wikipedia | July 02, 2009
Paralympic swimming
...(through birth defects and/or amputation), cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries (leading to paralysis or disability in limb coordination), dwarfism, and disabilities which impair the use of joints. Blind and visually impaired swimmers...
In this article: Amputation, Cerebral palsy, Paralysis, and International Swimming Federation
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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
...palsy - Sport classes 32 to 34 (wheelchair) and 35 to 38 (standing) Amputee and les autres athletes - Sport classes 40 (dwarfism) and 42 to 46 (standing amputees). Wheelchair athletes - Sport classes 51 to 54 (track events) and 51 to 58...
In this article: Amputee and Cerebral palsy
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National Junior Disability Championships
...for physically disabled youth, including (but not limited to) those with spina bifida, cerebral palsy, amputees, visually impaired/blind, dwarfism, and any other similar physical disabilities that impede movement/the ability to participate...
In this article: Connecticut College, Tampa, Florida, Mesa High School, Cerebral palsy, Spina bifida, and University of South Florida
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United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
...(including blindness); and les autres (any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis). Each Paralympic sport then had its own classifications, depending on...
In this article: United States, Athens, United States Army, Iraq War, Multiple sclerosis, and Melissa Stockwell
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Empire State Games
...5 and 21 in the following divisions: visually impaired, blind , hearing impaired, deaf, spinal cord injury, amputee, cerebral palsy, and Les Autres (which includes conditions such as muscular dystrophy, dwarfism, and arthritis, among others).
In this article: New York, Binghamton, Cerebral palsy, Arthritis, National Congress of State Games, Muscular dystrophy, and Winter Games
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Grange Hill
...time as those of the pupils. In 1994 two characters were introduced with disabilities, Denny Roberts (Lisa Hammond), who suffered from dwarfism, and Rachel Burns (Francesca Martinez), who had cerebral palsy. Both characters were presented...
In this article: Grange Hill, Phil Redmond, Kingsbury High School, DVD, Bushey Meads School, Peter Moss, Lime Pictures, and Liverpool
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Dwarfism (pronounced: /ˈdwɔrfɪzəm/) is a medical condition in humans characterized by extreme small size. The most widely accepted definition in medical biology for a dwarf is a person with an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches (147cm). In older popular and medical usage, any type of marked human smallness could also be termed dwarfism.
Dwarfism can be caused by more than 200 different medical conditions. The most common cause of dwarfism is achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder responsible for 70% of dwarfism cases. Conditions in humans characterized by disproportional body parts are typically caused by one or more genetic disorders in bone or cartilage development. Achondroplasia is an example of disproportional dwarfism. Forms of extreme shortness in humans characterized by proportional body parts usually have a hormonal or nutritional cause. An example is growth hormone deficiency, once known as "pituitary dwarfism".
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