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**__Achondroplasia__**

There are about 300 circumstances, mostly genetic, that cause dwarfism. An adult that is four feet ten inches in height or under is classified as a dwarf by the LPA, or Little People of America. This mutation most often happens in families where both parents are average height. An estimated 4 out of 5 people diagnosed with dwarfism have parents that are average size. Achondroplasia is not a mental disability. People with this disease function mentally just as well as anyone else. Achondroplasia also does not shorten the lives of the people who have it. Another common misconception about the people with dwarfism is that they do not live the same as everyone else. They have jobs, get an education, and have and raise kids. Most cases of Achondroplasia are caused by a random mutation in cells. There is no treatment for dwarfism. Other cases are inherited from their parents. It’s possible for two parents of regular size to have a child born with dwarfism, and it is also possible for two people with dwarfism to have normal sized children. Symptoms of this disease include extremely slow growth rate for your expected age. A more official way to put this would be your height is equal to or below the third percentile on standard pediatric growth carts, but most signs of Achondroplasia show up in infancy.

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