15-year-old Dominic always stayed away from the shadows.

“Pretty much anywhere in a dim space I would not be able to see anything,” he said.

“From an infant, I noticed he would spot a light and just stare at it. I noticed he started to stumble a lot, stairs were really scary,” said Linda McInnis, Dominic’s grandmother.

Dominic was born with a rare genetic eye disorder, called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), otherwise known as a type of night blindness.

The disorder affects about one in every 50,000 people. Doctors say this type of vision loss can be compared to losing a limb.

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“It affects their ability to see properly, their ability to adjust to light. This is a progressive

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