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.
Quando nacque, gli fu diagnosticato il nanismo diastrofico, una malattia molto disabilitante, e ai suoi genitori fu detto che non avrebbe mai camminato, che non avrebbe avuto alcuna capacità intellettuale, e probabilmente non li avrebbe mai riconosciuti.