Paul Miller was born with a condition called achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.

保罗·米勒出生便患有软骨发育不全症，这是侏儒症的一种。

Specifically, she had an interest in achondroplastic dwarfism that she did a study on.

特别是，她对她论文研究的软骨发育不全侏儒症有兴趣。

Dwarfism is a genetic condition, there are actually about 400 types of dwarfism.

侏儒症是一种遗传病，实际上大约有400种侏儒症。

Some take on dwarfism, a trait that transforms them into miniature versions of animals we see closer to the surface.

越是往下，我们发现越多奇异的生物，它们有些是侏儒状态一种将它们转化成迷你版本生物的特征。

Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism.

软骨发育不全是最常见的侏儒症形式。

Island dwarfism may have produced tiny lizards, but island gigantism is also a thing.

岛屿侏儒症可能会产生小蜥蜴， 但岛屿巨人症也是一回事。

I actually have sleep apnea because of my dwarfism too.

我实际上也因为侏儒症而患有睡眠呼吸暂停症。

That's something Leah and Joe learned early on, growing up with average-size parents who refused to let them be defined by their dwarfism.

这是利亚和乔在很小的时候就学会的，他们的父母都是正常身材，不让他们用侏儒症来定义自己。

There's a lot of different kinds of dwarfism, as I mentioned before, and the most common kind is the kind that I have, which is achondroplasia.

有许多不同种类的侏儒症，像我先前提到的，而最常见的种类就是我得到的那种，也就是软骨发育不全。

The couple, who both have a form of dwarfism, are laughing as they try to explain how their height-or lack thereof-isn't the hardship some seem to think.

这对夫妻都患有侏儒症，他们笑着解释自己的身高——或者身高不足——并不是一些人想的那么困难。

A lot of times, midget is thrown around as the term to describe someone who has dwarfism. And not only is that incorrect but it's incredibly offensive.

很多时候，小矮子被随意说出口当成形容某个有侏儒症的人的词。但这不只不正确，而且还非常冒犯人。

I moved to New York City about a year ago. And although I considered it ultimately a good experience, it was made a lot more difficult because of my dwarfism.

我大约一年前搬到纽约市。尽管我认为这绝对是段美好的体验，一切还是因我的侏儒症而困难许多。

Achondroplastic dwarfism is the kind of dwarfism that I have, so when I was born, she had a lot of extra information and she had a lot of books to help her parent me.

软骨发育不全侏儒症就是我罹患的那种病症，所以当我出生时，她有很多额外的资讯而且，她有许多书籍帮助她养育我。

So I'm able to sit on the floor and move around but I can't walk now because my legs are folded which is in conjunction with my type of dwarfism.

所以我可以坐在地板上四处走动，但我现在不能走路，因为我的腿是折叠的，这与我的侏儒症类型有关。

My name is Wildine Aumoithe, I'm 18-years-old and the type of dwarfism I have is SADDAN dysplasia which is a rare type of dwarfism which means basically that my height is two foot five at the moment.

我叫 Wildine Aumoithe，今年 18 岁，我患有的侏儒症类型是 SADDAN 发育不良，这是一种罕见的侏儒症类型，这基本上意味着我现在的身高是两英尺五英寸。