to think about things in ways no one around me needed to . It ’ s highlighted things which to others , get no second thought and its created challenges in things most do with such ease . Whilst I do not feel bitter towards my condition , I ’ ve created Short Perspectives to louden the voices on the challenges that sit within it , so that others can improve in their awareness and understanding . Short Perspectives is not to be seen as a negative - or a platform for life ’ s problems , but instead as a toolkit , that we can now tackle those " problems " together .
As a society , we tend to fear the unknown , and despite there being an estimated 651,700 people in the world who are affected by a form of the condition , dwarfism is seen to be just that . As a result of this , the world we live in often lacks the education and awareness to accept the differences we bring .
Through Short Perspectives , I wish to enlighten people of the world I live in , that , despite being so different , remains to be very much the same as each of yours . Short Perspectives first started when I was 14- as a school project , taking photos in the canteen to show my teachers that I couldn ’ t reach the fridge ! And ever since then I knew one day it would be something I shared with the wider world .
I don ’ t want anyone to look at
Short Perspectives through a lens of pity but instead with positivity , as no challenge is ever overcome without being shared . This conversation aims not to highlight the problems , but instead remind everyone the power of facing those problems together .
Short Perspectives is the voice of my own personal journey and also of others who have walked similar paths to mine . It shares the laughs and tears of Dwarfism in the 21st Century and what life is like … living in a world built for people twice your size .
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