Well, I have been alluading to it for the past few days, but needed to wait for confirmation and now that I have it, I can share!!

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On November 10, 2009, the State of Michigan is going to be introoducing a resolution to the session, requesting that November be known as “Dwarfism Awareness” Month in the State of MIchigan! Michigan will effectively become the 1st State to reconize Dwarfism Awareness Month!

For the last two years, I have done Dwarfism Awareness on Knoah’s ARC and respectively, What is Normal?.

In August of this year, I contacted my State Representative, Kate Ebli and asked her thoughts about proposing November as Dwarfism Awareness Month. She thought it was a fantastic idea! Through Knoah’s birth, Rep. Ebli became familiar with dwarfism and the trials we went through with Knoah.

I am SO EXCITED and PROUD to have help contribute to Dwarfism Awareness, not only through this blog, but now on a State level.

When I started “Dwarfism Awareness”, I did so because while I was pregnant with Knoah, I searched endlessly for information regarding the medical aspect of raising a child with dwarfism. I found a few sites that helped, but nothing on a “personal” level. Hence, the blog was born exactly one month after Knoah was born.

December 15, 2006 we went public. I didn’t know what I was doing with the blog or this child they told me was going to be a little person. I knew then something had to be done to increase awareness because as my doctor said at the time “your too far along to do anything” meaning terminate.

There are thousands of causes out there for finding cures. Breast Cancer Awareness, National Hot Tea Awareness to name a few.

Many causes are in dire need of finding cures, because without a cure, many people will lose their lives to their illness.

Dwarfism IS NOT an ILLNESS

Dwarfism DOES NOT need a CURE

People with Dwarfism may require some surgical intervention to prevent complications from Dwarfism such as decompression of the Foramen Magnum which if not correct could lead to death.

People with Dwarfism are capable of living full, fulling lives as do their Average height peers.

People with Dwarfism attend college and graduate with Master’s and PH.D’s, get married and have children, some may which be Little People.

People with Dwarfism ARE NOT CALLED Midgets, Oompa-Loompas, Ewoks, Gnomes or any other derogatory name that you could come up with.

People with Dwarfism are sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters aunts and uncles.

People with Dwarfism ARE PEOPLE.

I have come a long way in three years. I no longer fear of having a child who many consider different, I embrace it. I enjoy knowing that each of my children are special and maybe a little bit more special than most because Knoah is in their lives. I feel extremely blessed to know that eveb though there are days when we seem to be tettering on a thread, not knowing which way Knoah’s life will swing, that I am his mother.

Yes, it is scary and no one said it was going to be easy, but everyone has said he IS a miracle.

I tend to agree with that!