For a long time, dwarfism was considered to be a disease in itself. Because of this, many adult little people were unaware of, or discovered late in life, that their short stature was due to dwarfism. ###>On a longtemps considéré le nanisme comme une maladie en soit et, de ce fait, nombre d'adultes de petite taille ignorent (ou ont connu tardivement) la maladie qui cause leur nanisme.