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.
Když se narodil, byl mu diagnostikován nanismus, velmi omezující stav, a jeho rodičům bylo řečeno, že nebude nikdy chodit, nikdy nepromluví, nebude mít žádné intelektové schopnosti, a že je pravděpodobně ani nepozná.