Little People Big World

Little People Big World is a TLC reality show that chronicles the life of a family helmed by two little people, Matt and Amy Roloff. The couple has three average size children and one little person son.

The family lives together on a farm in Oregon. The show depicts the challenges faced by Matt and Amy as little people as well as just normal family life. Little People Big World premiered in October 2006 and is a successful show.

Matt and Amy are the center of attention for most episodes of the show, but the entire family is as follows:

• Matt – Matt has kind of dwarfism called diastrophic dysplasia, which caused him a great deal of pain as a child. The majority of his childhood was spent in the hospital, and that has shaped the way he approaches live as an adult. He is very focused on making sure his children have a fun childhood. He is a successful software developer and also runs his own company - Direct Access Solutions - which sells accessibility kits for little people to hotels and restaurants. While he builds his business he still works in the software industry. He is also very active in little people advocacy groups.

• Amy – Amy’s dwarfism is caused by achrondroplasia, and she has never had the health complications that her husband experienced. She stays at home with the children and she also actively supports little people causes.

• Jeremy and Zach - Jeremy and Zach are twins, but they are very different. Jeremy is average height and Zach is a little person. Zach’s dwarfism is caused by the same condition as his mother’s, but he has had many more complications that she has faced. He has twice had emergency surgery and has a shunt to drain fluid from the brain.

Zach is an avid soccer player and coaches a younger kids’ soccer team. He has had corrective surgery on his legs that has sidelined his playing.

• Molly Jo – Molly Jo is the family’s only daughter. She is a star student and of average height.

• Jacob – Jacob is the youngest member of the family and of average height. Like his brother Zach, he is an avid soccer fan.

Various extended family members and friends also make periodic appearances on the reality show.

One of the biggest themes of Little People Big World is the challenges faced by Matt and Amy in their daily lives as little people and how they cope with them. They often use the opportunity of having the show to present to other little people how it is possible to do everything anyone else can; you just have to learn how to do it.

Still, the family occasionally encounters discrimination. One major story line in the fourth seasons of the show was Matt’s arrest for DUI. He successful argued in court that he had been swerving because he was driving his wife’s car - which is designer for her, not him - and that the officer refused to administer field tests to him that were approved for little people.

The family farm is another important part of the show. The farm was Matt’s childhood dream, and he designed it so it is a gigantic playground for his children and himself. The family sells pumpkins on the farm and there is also a castle, a playground and hayrides.

The success of Little People Big World has meant that the family farm has been inundated with visitors. Although the farm was formerly open to anyone, they have been forced to install security gates to keep fans of the show away from the family living areas.

The Roloffs run a website so fans can keep up with what is happening with the family. You can visit it here..

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