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Movie Questions
100
Short stature resulting from a genetic or medical condition.
What is Dwarfism?
100
From parents to children.
How is dwarfism most commonly passed down?
100
What people with dwarfism encounter often.
What is discrimination?
100
Curvature.
How is the spine affected?
100
The physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of stenosis.
Who is a neurologist?
200
Disproportionate and Proportionate.
What are the two types of Dwarfism?
200
By a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor in gene 3, this mutation inhibits bone growth
How is Dwarfism passed down?
200
80 years old.
What is the normal age that a dwarf lives until in United States?
200
Sitting up or walking.
What are some motor skills that are developed late?
200
A type of sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing or instances of shallow/ infrequent breathing during sleep
What is sleep apnea?
300
4 feet.
What is the average adult height among people with dwarfism?
300
50% chance of child without dwarfism.
What is the chance of having a child without dwarfism from one dwarf and one non- dwarf parent?
300
20 years old.
What is the earliest that a dwarf has died?
300
Used to fix deformities such as cleft palate, club foot, or bowed legs.
What is corrective surgery used for?
300
4 year old Ashlyn is diagnosed with it.
Who is diagnosed with sleep apnea and stenosis?
400
The body parts are in proportion but shortened.
What is Proportionate Dwarfism?
400
Both males, and females can contract the mutation and contract the disease.
What does being autosomal mean?
400
Assistive Devices.
What are Pedal extenders, automotive accessibility, and mobility programs?
400
To relieve spinal cord compression.
What is surgery to widen the spinal cord for?
400
The outer layer of the spinal cord.
What is dura mater?
500
An average-size torso and shorter arms and legs or a shortened trunk with longer limbs.
What is Disproportionate Dwarfism?
500
25% chance of average height child.
What is the chance of having a child without Dwarfism from Dwarf parents?
500
Enables most people with addresses challenges in educational, work ,and social settings.
What does family support, social networks, advocacy groups and adaptive products do?
500
Helps to improve breathing through small airways.
What is tracheotomy?
500
Law/governmental decree that prevents discrimination of disabled workers in hospitals.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
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