When he was born, he was diagnosed with diastrophic dwarfism, a very disabling condition, and his parents were told that he would never walk, he would never talk, he would have no intellectual capacity, and he would probably not even recognize them.
عندما ولِد، شُخِّص على أن لديه ضمورا مشوّها، حالة معيقة جدًا، وقد قيل لأهله أنه لن يمشي أبدًا  ولن يستطيع التكلم أبدًا، لن يكون لديه قدرة عقلية، وأنه قد لا يتمكن حتى من التعرف عليهم