Knoah’s (ARC) Achondroplasia Resource Center

Knoah is going to New York City!!!
We will attend the LPA National Conference that is to be held in Brooklyn, New York!
We are SUPER excited!!!
I paid for the hotel and book the flights, so July 4th will be spend on the Hudson River watching the fireworks!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

I sometimes wonder when I missed the month of March and April.  I obviously lived through it, but really. Can we slow time down a bit?
Life with a 10 year old has become somewhat difficult. He’s getting to that age when we are going to have to have “the talk”. I swear, there are days [...]

 
Knoah and Mandy
This past weekend was absolutely the best!
Attending LPA events, obviously is always fun, but to see the kid’s meet new people, make friends and enjoy themselves, make it all worth it!
We left for Grand Rapids on Friday morning. It was the three kids and I, so traveling was quite interesting. They found a [...]

We are gearing up for fun this weekend!
LPA District 5 is having it’s spring regional this weekend and it is going to a lot of fun!
I think it is important to get the kid’s involved in LPA activites. They are still young yet and seeing other little people will help concrete in in their mind’s [...]

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Well, according to Ms. Rivers, she is completely clueless as to what the fuss is about concerning April 5, 2009 airing of Celebrity Apprentice.
This was her comment:

there certainly was a mixed reaction to the involvement of little people in our viral videos and whether it was politically incorrect (P.I. for short). [...]

Many of you may have heard of a young women named Kristin Riley. She is a young women with Primordial Dwarfism.

Well, of late, I have seen several searches come up basically asking if Kristin is deceased!? Huh? I haven’t heard this!
I am happy to report, that Kristin is very much alive and well! I [...]

Thanks to Mike for posting this!
For Immediate Release
April 7, 2009
Statement of LPA regarding the episode of the “Celebrity Apprentice”
that aired on April 5, 2009
Little People of America is a national non-profit support organization for people with dwarfism and their families. As a membership organization representing thousands of people with dwarfism around the country, we are [...]

On NBC’s show Celebrity Apprentice last night, the teams were to come up with an ad campaign for All Small and Mighty laundry detergent.
Needless to say, the direction both teams took was that All Small and Mighty would be hysterically funny featuring Little People or using the words of several of the program celebrities, [...]

I have heard from Otolaryngology (ENT) …again, why do we have to know how to spell this?
The results of his sleep study are this:
He had 6 Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OBA) which were not technically “true” apnea. They were Hypopnea or periods of shallow breathing, which can affect oxygen saturation levels. If they were true apnea, [...]