Overview

• The Association of People with Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias condemned the hiring of people with dwarfism as entertainment and announced plans for legal and social action.
• Spain’s Ministry for Social Rights formally requested a probe to determine whether the event violated the General Law on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
• Under Spanish disability law, using individuals with disabilities in a way that provokes ridicule or undermines their dignity is prohibited.
• Lamine Yamal has remained silent on the dwarfism allegations, posting only a generic Instagram thank-you message to his followers.
• Unverified claims by model Claudio Calvo about hiring women with specific physical attributes have surfaced, while an anonymous performer defended their participation as respectful and consensual work.