Clemence de Limburg

Kimm

More than 80 percent of little people are born to average-size parents with no history of dwarfism in the family. Kimm was diagnosed with Achondroplasia when she was six months old. Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism. Literally meaning, in Greek, "without cartilage formation", it is a disorder of bone growth, one of the oldest known birth defects. Originally from a farm in Wisconsin, Kimm left college and moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actor. After 20 years in New York, she moved to Las Vegas to be close to her family. Kimm is now 43 years old and works mainly as a babysitter.

Kimm talks to her sister Kelly on the phone, after her morning shower at home.
   
Kimm needs a stepstool to reach her home mailbox in Brooklyn.
   
Kimm faces challenge to pick up a slice of pizza at her local Pizzeria in Brooklyn.
     
  
Kimm (on the far left of the screen) figures in the movie "Fur, an imaginary portrait of Diana Arbus" at the Angelika Theatre in Manhattan, New York. Kimm Schwert makes a living as an actress and a babysitter in New York.
   
Kimm watches television in her apartment in Brooklyn. Kimm leaves the television on 24 hours a day to prevent break-ins.
   
Kimm and her neighbors going up the elevator of their apartment building in Brooklyn.
     
  
Kimm and 12 year old boy looking at a magazine after Thanksgiving dinner in Brooklyn. Kimm has been babysitting him since he was a baby.
   
Kimm faces the challenge of leaving the Metro in Manhattan. She usually prefers riding on the bus to avoid going up and down the stairs of the underground.
   
Kimm helps her niece Isabel to get out of the trolley while her sister Kelly, the mother of Isabel, is still at the checkout of the supermarket in Las Vegas.
     
  
Kimm spends the evening at her parent’s house, in Las Vegas, for the weekly family dinner on Wednesday’s night. Clockwise from left: Ms Schwert (Kimm's mother) cooks a pie with Kelly (Kimm's sister). Kimm talks with her niece Isabel. Kent Schwert (Kimm’s brother) lifts up his grand son Corbin. Alexander (Kimm's nephew) watches television.
   
Around 10 am Kimm takes a nap while babysitting her nine month old nephew, Corbin. She takes care of the baby from 6am till 6pm.
   
Kimm puts her contact lenses on in her bathroom in Brooklyn.