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.
Quan va néixer, li van diagnosticar enanisme diastròfic, una afectació molt discapacitant, i als seus pares se'ls va notificar  que mai no podria caminar, que mai no podria parlar, que no tindria cap capacitat intel·lectual, i que probablement mai no els reconeixeria.