{"id":11,"date":"2023-07-05T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achdsepatient-dev-001.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:10:03","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hypochondroplasia.biomarin.com\/en-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"acf-block-6a33fee7c465e\" class=\"hero hero-split reverse-layout\">\n\t<div class=\"split-hero-text-area\">\n\t\t<div class=\"split-hero-text-content\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t    <span class=\"section-title\">Welcome to<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <h1>The Inside Story\n<\/h1>\n                                        <p>Each experience with hypochondroplasia is unique, but every family shares the need for education, care, and support. Welcome to an evolving community helping to create a deeper understanding of hypochondroplasia.<\/p>\n                                        <p><a class=\"button button-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/hypochondroplasia.biomarin.com\/en-us\/stay-connected\/\" target=\"_self\">Stay connected<\/a><\/p>\n            \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"split-hero-image desktop-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/hypochondroplasia.biomarin.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/hch-home-hero-cropped.png?v=1.26);\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n    <div class=\"split-hero-image mobile-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/hypochondroplasia.biomarin.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/hch-home-hero-mobile.png?v=1.26);\">\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-67bc87bdce11e\" class=\"block quote bg-secondary quote-full block-zero-top block-zero-bottom\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <p>A lot of people don&#8217;t know what hypochondroplasia is. It&#8217;s easy to put everyone in one bucket and, obviously, we know that&#8217;s not the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <cite>Parent of a child with hypochondroplasia <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-69d50fb67c1bd\" class=\"block cards cards-3-col bg-band bg-band-primary block-zero-top block-zero-bottom\">\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cards-title\">\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t    \n<div id=\"acf-block-69d50fb67c83c\" class=\"card card-fixed-button\" data-muted-autoplay=\"false\">\n    \t    \n\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hypochondroplasia.biomarin.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/a-closer-look-Homepage-card-sharp-corners.png?v=1.26\" alt=\"\" \/>        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Accessed May 14, 2026. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK1477\/<\/li>\n<li>Oehrlein EM, Pekala R, Cavallaro S, et al. 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