The comments from people, laughs, nudges and phototagraphs happen every time I go out, especially alone so yes I think I experience a lot of discrimination. Summer holidays are worse because there's more people around.
I hate to consider myself as disabled but I have to accept that I am, I can't walk very far without extreme pain, I take painkillers every day.
I can cook but it is dependent on what it is, for example frying is a no because when it spits it burns my face as my arms are short I don't have a good reach, I've visited a and e twice with burns to my eyes from cooking. Heavy pans of boiling water are a danger to lift. If you think what would you let the average 6 or 7 year old do in a kitchen you'd get an idea of how dangerous it can be for us to cook.
My balance is completely shot too, no idea why but I fall over a lot, I've lost teeth in falls, I've also fallen off of a train and a bus so public transport is really a hazard.
My car isn't adapted, I've only ever found one car that I actually needed adapted and have driven large 4x4s without a problem.
Yes my torso is normal size, so tops fit it's just the sleeves that don't. And another that people ask us about sex, so there's no problems there because my torso is normal.
I really didn't want a baby with dwarfism, they need a lot more help and I wouldn't be able to cope with the both of us needing so much help, there would be a huge feeling of guilt from me too, and of course there are times when you wish you could blame someone, I don't have anyone to blame it just happened but my child would always be able to blame me.
I still feel guilty for my son now despite him being ordinary, I worry he will be bullied and people will get to him about me, an example of this is we've frequently used the word midget around him so he doesn't get upset if someone says to him about me being a midget, or calling me a midget.
So yes, there's lots of worries really, all whilst pregnant, and ever since. The biggest worry everyone had was that I'd drop him, I can say proudly that I never did, and until recently I never had any help either.