Welcome to Little People of America

Little People of America (LPA) is a nonprofit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and their families. LPA is only able to continue our work with support from members, friends, and family. Please consider making a donation today.

October Marks Dwarfism Awareness Month

Click to read LPA's 2024 Dwarfism Awareness Statement

To celebrate Dwarfism Awareness or Dwarfism Pride Month, LPA provides a number of opportunities for members to learn, connect, and foster a sense of pride within our community and beyond. Be sure to follow us on Facebook or Instagram for our daily posts. Throughout the month, there will be trivia, historical posts, oral interviews with some of our members, and a few surprises. We are excited to be hosting Takeover Tuesdays again, where different social media influencers take over our accounts for the day! Please visit our Dwarfism Awareness Month Page for more information about the webinars planned for the month. 

Benefits of Membership

Membership is available to individuals with a medical diagnosis of dwarfism or form of short stature, as well as their families, grandparents, relatives, and all medical professionals. Benefits of membership include: peer, parent, and medical support at the chapter, regional and national level; discounted rates at the National conference; advocacy; LPA Today quarterly magazine; monthly eNewsletter, college scholarships and support; adoption and conference attendance grants; friendship and connections; referrals to medical care by dwarfism specialists; and general support for the dwarfism community.

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LPA Members were asked, "What does LPA mean to you?" This word cloud was created from the responses. Words are scaled in accordance with how many times they were mentioned. The full results of our membership survey can be seen here.