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“Little People, Big World” star Zach Roloff and his three children, Jackson, 6, Lilah, 4, and Josiah, 23 months, all have dwarfism. While Zach has been living with the genetic condition for 33 years, his son Jackson is just starting to figure out what it means to have a physical difference. In a TODAY.
“I just hope Tori and me can help him mentally get through it.” Zach and his three kids all have a type of dwarfism called achondroplasia. “If a parent has achondroplasia, then there’s a 50% chance of having a baby with achondroplasia,” Dr. John Pappas, director of clinical genetic services at NYU Langone’s Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, previously told TODAY.com. Achondroplasia occurs in one per 26,000 to 40,000 births, according to the nonprofit Little People of America.
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