That allowed her to compete against other dwarf athletes ... she became one of the nation’s best shot put athletes in her Paralympic category, as athletes compete against others with similar ...

At seven years old, Lansing Community College student Jayci Simon was diagnosed with Geleophysic Dysplasia, a rare form of ...

“That happened to be the World Dwarf games so that was the first year ... working harder and hopefully reach the goal of making the Paralympics,” Miles said. Miles continued to travel ...

“I got a letter back to say: ‘Come to the World Dwarf Games, meet people like yourself’ - and I realised what the Paralympics was,” she said. That letter kick-started a dream and by ...

Nineteen-year-old Miles Krajewski will be competing in his first Paralympic Games August 29 ... when he was eight years old ...