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Big Dreams
Profile of a Young Person With Skeletal Dysplaysia By Teri Brown
Fava credits his parents and an organization called Little People of America (LPA) for keeping him emotionally strong and his self-esteem high. "My parents were definitely the ones that kept me grounded," he says. "They knew that I was put in this world for some special reason, and they knew that I was destined to find that. They taught me to ignore the ignorant people who only saw me as a subject of taunts."
As far as LPA goes, Fava gives them a great deal of credit for being who is today. "The LPA has been instrumental in providing my family and me important medical and social advice and has been pivotal in turning me into the person I am today," he says.
Looking ahead to the future, Fava wishes to graduate from college with a degree in sports management and earn a degree in law. He would love to open up his own sports agency business. He also hopes to continue to live everyday with passion and drive, and would love to tell other young people with dwarfism to do the same thing. "Turn your disability into ability," he says. "Ignore the taunts and name-calling. The sky's the limit to what you can achieve in life, and if you truly believe in yourself, the sky will not even possess a restriction. Don't let anyone tell you different."