Sandler and his sister, Bootsie, are the only two people in the world with their diagnosis . . .
They both have an unbalanced translocation of chromosomes two and eight:
Which causes cognitive, fine, and gross motor delays, Raynaud’s Phenomenon, speech and hearing impairments, optic nerve hypoplasia, and heart defects. However, Sandler has proven to be even more medically challenging.
Sandler has never let his medical set backs define him. Through unconditional love from his mom, perseverance, and his obsession with skateboarding; he has been able to Thrive the Odds.
Sandler had the opportunity to go to Tony Hawk's private offices for his 12th birthday. This is a video recap of the skate festivities as well as a full interview telling the story of his life journey and how skateboarding has impacted it.