Unapologetically a #dwarf. Writer. Amateur #dwarfism historian. He/His/Him. Writing: https://t.co/kxHxkcLagF; https://t.co/xTgMPDNSDz; https://t.co/ff4JLiC9Se. Rep'd by @jlkardon
Aug 10, 2018 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
Thread: Just finished this beautiful book in which the protagonist is a strong, powerful woman with #dwarfism - Trudi - living in Germany before, through, and after WW2.
This is the first piece of adult non-fantasy fiction I've read with a #dwarf main character.
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A dwarf person in an average height town, Trudi is, in a way, an outsider, and yet central to the community, too.
As a child, she yearns to be average height - she asks the doctor for pills to make her tall, she hangs by her arms from doorways trying to stretch her body.
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Jul 24, 2018 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
"DADDY! LOOK AT THAT SMALL MA..."
Thread: Some advice for parents when your small child sees someone with #dwarfism for the first time.
Please read, RT, and, if you yourself are a #dwarf or #disabled person,add your own advice.
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"MUMMY! THAT BOY HAS A *BEARD*!?!"
I can imagine you feel embarrassed right now…
...but what you do next helps set the foundations on which your child will build their understanding of #dwarfism, #disability, and difference.
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Jul 8, 2018 • 27 tweets • 6 min read
Thread: Heard of the Seven Dwarfs? Mini-Me? Tyrion?
Cool. Pull up a seat.
Let me tell you about Jeffrey Hudson - a real #dwarf person whose incredible life featured Kings and Queens, pirates and prisoners, soldiers and slaves.
He once shot a man dead for mocking him.
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Hudson was born in England in 1619 to poor average height parents.
Not long after, the Duke of Buckingham moved nearby.
When he was 7, the Duchess of Buckingham asked his father to permit Jeffery to live with her.