Quaden Bayles (born 2010), is a 9-year-old Australian with dwarfism residing in Brisbane. He received international media attention in February 2020 after his mother posted a viral video to Facebook. In the video, Bayles states he can no longer tolerate the relentless bullying he's subjected to at school. He also expresses a wish to end his life through suicide. ^{[1] [17]}

The video has since received over 24,955,347 views.

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Quaden Bayles was born with a condition called achondroplasia dwarfism. He is the face of Stand Tall 4 Dwarfism, a charity set up by his mother, Yarraka Bayles, to raise awareness and stop bullying. ^[20]

On Instagram, Quaden has over 223,000 followers under the handle, "quadosss". He started the account on September 26, 2019. ^[2]

Yarraka Bayles uploaded the viral video to her Facebook profile on February 19, 2020.

She shared the video to demonstrate how damaging bullying is and seek advice from others on how to help her son.

She states in the video: ^[1]

The video has been viewed over 24,955,347 times.

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Brad Williams (comedian) who also has achondroplasia, a condition which the National Organization for Rare Disorders says occurs in about one in every 20,000 births, came to support Quaden after viewing the video. ^[16]

Williams started a GoFundMe campaign to send Quaden and his mother to Disneyland. His goal was to raise $10,000. By Friday February 21, 2020, that amount had already surpassed $388,300. ^[16]

Both the Australian actor Hugh Jackman and The Walking Dead actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan reached out to Quaden on Twitter. The hashtag hashtag #StopBullying was also trending in response to Bayles. ^[1]

Quaden has also been accused by online users of being an actor with his real age being 18. ^[17]