His congenital cataracts did not make him completely blind, but he was what would be called today "legally blind."
Η ασθένειά του δεν τον καθιστούσε εντελώς τυφλό, αλλά ήταν αυτό που θα ονομαζόταν σήμερα "νομικά" τυφλός.