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Jennifer Arnold, MD on Twitter: "It's the first day of #DwarfismAwarenessMonth— Fact-In July 2009 the word "midget" was declared inappropriate and offensive. Preferable terms are: average-height, having dwarfism, short stature, little person,
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Entitled: "Midgets May Party - Central Park. Group seated on grass." Midget is a term for a person of unusually short stature that is considered by some to be pejorative. While not
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Entitled: "Julius Daranyi, midget traffic cop." Midget is a term for a person of unusually short stature that is considered by some to be pejorative. While not a medical term, it has
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