Second part in an occasional series on Max and Will Graf’s first year of middle school. Both were born with the most common form of dwarfism.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, an extended feature on brothers with achondroplasia who are adjusting to their first year at middle school. Reporter Gretchen McKay accompanies them to two dances, one sponsored by Little People of America and one at their middle school. She reports that the boys exude self-confidence and are comfortable in both settings.

Well-liked by their classmates, they’re active in everything from intramural sports to student council and Boy Scouts. And at an age when many kids are so painfully self-conscious about the way they look and where they fall in the social pecking order, the boys are remarkably comfortable in their own skin. How else to explain Will’s long blond locks in a school full of crew cuts and his brother’s penchant for Hawaiian shirts, when striped polo shirts and hoodies are the unspoken uniform?

The story is accompanied by a video of Max and Will. The first story in the middle school series is here.

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