Over the last month, I’ve laughed, cried and at times felt uncomfortable as Jasmine and her Mum, Bev have allowed us a glimpse into their world. Bev provides a wonderful lightness to the somewhat heavy subjects handled throughout the documentary series. Remembered my own shock of failing my first driving test after always seeming to …
Tag: dwarfism
BBC Ouch! Podcast with Jasmine and Bev Burkitt
Ladies and Gents the wonderful Jasmine and Bev Burkitt can be heard interviewed by Mat Fraser and Liz Carr on the Ouch Podcast, the disability talk show brought to you by the BBC. They talk about their documentary Small Teen, Bigger World, their future plans and their opinion on the portrayal of restricted growth people …
BBC Three – Small Teen Bigger World
Jasmine Burkitt’s latest documentaries, Small Teen, Bigger World, starts on BBC Three on Monday 11th July from 9.00pm. The four-part series follows Jazz as she leaves home to start college to find her feet in the world and meet her Dad for the first time. In the meantime, here’s a sneak preview… (links to the …
Early Day Motion 1719 – Public Attitudes Towards People Of Short Stature
It’s come to my attention that an Early Day Motion has been drawn up to challenge the unfair attitudes and prejudices that we, people with various forms of dwarfism are subjected to in the media, by some professionals and more so on the street going about our day-to-day lives. To carry this motion forward, we …
You’re Small – Get Over It!
Hmmm! This one always manages to hit a raw nerve and lets just say that it had the desired effect by the person saying it on making me feel incredibly angry and upset. Did I take the person to task? Hell no, the people around me told me not to indulge them and to rise …
What A Long Way We Restricted Growth People Have To Go
< rant > Oh dear, I’ve just watched BBC Question Time and was very saddened by the panels reaction to whereby some of our most senior politicians are using dwarfism to insult each other. Not only am I alarmed at how it is brushed off by one audience member as ‘political correctness gone mad’, but …
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 …
The Guardian Article – Little Britain: what is life like as a small person?
— The Guardian Article – Last week The Guardian published an article by Leo Benedictus featuring 3 people with restricted growth and their life experiences. Hats off to that newspaper for giving the community a voice in national platform in a national paper. Re-reading the article I’m still in agreement with what Gillian Martin says. …
Where did January go?
Unfortunately, I lost the early posts when my web hosts changed. Below is what I have been able to retrieve from web.archive.org. — …seriously! One minute it was the beginning of the new year and now I’m into the first week of Feb! Time is a certainly flying! I’m wondering also if I’ve had a …
Skiing with the little ones
Unfortunately, I lost the early posts when my web hosts changed. Below is what I have been able to retrieve from web.archive.org. — With some attempt at some exercise in 2009 I decided to try out skiing. Not of the snow kind, but of the dry-slope ski kind. I was very excited about this level …