Along with his identical twin brother, Anthony, he was diagnosed with Spinal muscular atrophy at 18 months old and confined to a power wheelchair at the age of 6.
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A lack of SMN due to SMN1 deletion results in widespread splicing defects, especially in spinal motor neurons, and is one cause of spinal muscular atrophy.