Midget or dwarf

Because dwarfism is relatively uncommon, children may feel isolated from their peers. The appropriate term for describing a person of particularly short stature or with the genetic condition achondroplasia has historically been ambiguous, and has developed euphemistically over the past few centuries. Novelists , artists , and moviemakers may attach special moral or aesthetic significance to their "apartness" or misshapenness. Optimal management of complications associated with achondroplasia. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 14 December The quote has been misattributed to Alexander Pope , who wrote to Swift in praise of the book just a day earlier.

Comments: Dwarf vs Midget. It is also caused by hormonal or nutritional deficiency. This is generally caused by a genetic or nutritional disability. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. However, since the word "midget" is now considered derogatory and offensive, "dwarf" or "little person" describes any adult human less than cms tall. Smart, dumb, athletic, bookworm, easygoing or uptight. Also, havent you ever heard the saying "it's the little ones you gotta look out for?

Any adult human below the height of 4'10" cm is considered a dwarf. In terms of physical characteristics, the term dwarf refers to very short individuals with disproportionate body. These are the characteristics that distinguish a dwarf from a midget. If midget is offensive then there should be a more acceptable term than dwarf to describe these perfectly proportioned people.