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What’s One Of Those?

This was the answer to my question when asking the local council sports department if they had a hydrotherapy pool. * Groan * …here we go again.  Forgive my pessimism, but every time I try to access some form of sports facilities something doesn’t go right and it’s usually because of the restricted growth. Take …

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From MSN: Cheryl Cole Treats Birthday Boy Simon To A Singing Dwarf

Having been roaming around the web this evening I found the link below. http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/gossip/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=154888199 Is this true?? * Head slumps onto laptop keyboard in exasperation * Why? I get the fact that people with restricted growth should make their money however they wish, however, I can’t help but feel this, once again reinforces, that people …

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Petite Fashion Autumn 2010

I indulged in some retail therapy today and was pleasantly surprised rather than the usual depressed state it leaves me.  Being an odd body shape where you fit somewhere between children’s and petite sizes is rather frustrating on the fashion front.  I found this morning, that I could get back into an older child size …

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It’s Like Being Famous, But Without The Money

How very true.  This was the phrase used by Bev Burkitt when describing what it is like being a person of restricted growth and the attraction that being so garners, though in our case it’s not sort after like a celebrity. I watched the BBC documentary ‘Small Teen, Big World’ for the second time to …

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Heads-Up: Small Teen, Big World

…is going primetime!! The documentary that was initially broadcast on BBC Three and features the life of Jasmine Burkitt and her mum, Bev is being shown on BBC One at 9.00pm.  This is great news for the restricted growth community. I’ve already watched it twice and thought it was an excellent documentary into our world …

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You Have To Be 110% Better Than Every One Else

This was what was said to me awhile back when I was seeking advice on going for a job.  The person was impressed with my CV and tapped into something that I’ve thought about often when trying to establish myself in an interview situation and in a workplace. Whilst I think that it’s got easier …

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Someone Tried To Video Me On Their Phone

I was walking down the street with a friend who also has restricted growth, we were quite happily talking away when my friend went quiet.  She’d clocked that a young man was taking too long to pass us and our small strides.  We turned around and sure enough, he was fiddling with his phone.  We …

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