{"id":98986,"date":"2016-08-11T13:50:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=98986"},"modified":"2016-08-11T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:52:52","slug":"boy-dwarfism-wants-everyone-love-one-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/boy-dwarfism-wants-everyone-love-one-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy with dwarfism wants everyone to love one another"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Grant Stone, a seven-year-old with dwarfism, is no stranger to hurtful comments. In a video he made about his life, he says people often think that he and his younger brother are twins, and strangers will call him a baby. \u00a0He says he is just like any other child, and his biggest wish is for everyone to\u00a0love each other.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->&#8220;It really hurts my feelings when people yell out, &#8216;Oh, look, there&#8217;s a baby over there.&#8217; I&#8217;m really not and I don&#8217;t like people calling [me] that. I just don&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwbn_9386Dg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Grant&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jwbn_9386Dg\">video<\/a> has been viewed more than 1.5 million times, and he has over 8,000 fans on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mrgrantstone\/home\">Facebook<\/a>. For Grant and his family, this is a great opportunity to spread awareness and love throughout the world. It&#8217;s also a chance to show that life with dwarfism is just as fulfilling as any other person&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a little person. It&#8217;s called &#8216;dwarfism,'&#8221; said Grant. &#8220;I have my own unique path to walk. [&#8230;] I like to run. I like to play. I like to climb. I like to play instruments. I love to dance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmrgrantstone%2Fposts%2F1100933099991866%3A0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"486\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>Grant talks about getting hurt because he falls down more easily than other people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people think I can&#8217;t do things just because I&#8217;m small,&#8221; he says. &#8220;There are some things that are hard for me, but I can get creative and do it. I can do anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmrgrantstone%2Fphotos%2Fa.791775954240917.1073741825.791677284250784%2F814498525301993%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"609\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>Dwarfism is a condition that can be diagnosed prenatally;\u00a0but unfortunately, there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shortsupport.org\/News\/0008.html\">doctors who believe abortion<\/a> is the best answer when a preborn child receives such a diagnosis, which usually happens later in the pregnancy. Grant, however, just wants the world to be full of love and acceptance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmrgrantstone%2Fposts%2F1092943347457508%3A0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"448\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>&#8220;My wish for the world is that everyone\u00a0can love one another,&#8221; said Grant. &#8220;Even if they fight. Sometimes&#8230;just love one another. No matter what troubles there are in the world, we&#8217;ll be happy\u00a0as long as there&#8217;s love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What if people look different than you? Should you still love them? Yes, you should. Because everyone is just a loving person. It doesn&#8217;t matter whether you&#8217;re short or tall, or\u00a0black or white&#8230;We&#8217;re all just people doing our very best.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Stone, a seven-year-old with dwarfism, is no stranger to hurtful comments. 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