29 Apr 2019 ... The terms "person of short stature," "little person," and "dwarf" are commonly used in the United States to refer to a person with a medical ...

The word “midget” was never coined as the official term to identify people with dwarfism, but was created as a label used to refer to people of short stature who ...

1 May 2005 ... The use of the word midget is, for Little People, equated with any other hate word someone might use to describe a minority group. I simply ask ...

21 Aug 2020 ... Some are less acceptable to use than others. You know which words I mean but you probably don't know that the term “midget” is offensive to the ...

28 Nov 2018 ... CBC Kids News explores why some little people — or dwarfs — want sports organizations in Canada to stop using the term midget.

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 been applied to persons of ...

Q: What is the correct term for a person of short stature? A: Although the term dwarf is often used, many people take offence to it. “Little Person” or “Person of ...

The one thing that is agreed upon is that the word “midget” is considered HIGHLY OFFENSIVE to people with dwarfism. In the United States of America, such ...

POLITICALLY CORRECT OR JUST CORRECT. When the topic of disassociating people with dwarfism from the word midget comes up, people often begin the ...

A little person is one of the more than 200 medical conditions known as dwarfism. Dwarfism is a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult ...