'Arato's coach was struggling to find an explanation and it rang alarm bells.' 9News
The then nine-year-old was out on the court six days a week and had dreams of playing as a professional.His young athlete was suddenly missing shots he would have nailed a year earlier."Arato's coach was struggling to find an explanation and it rang alarm bells," his father, Tim Green, said.
Despite being told not to worry all those years ago, Green said he did get Arato tested by an ophthalmologist when he was about six years old and began showing a passionate interest in tennis.Arato was given more tests a few years later, when his coach raised the alarm, which confirmed he did indeed have Stargardt's disease and was displaying early signs of vision loss.
Although there is currently no cure for Stargardt's disease, Green said the advances made through medical research towards finding a possible treatment was one of the things that gave him hope for Arato's future. Green said Arato was still playing tennis recreationally and was also enjoying taking part in a blind and low vision tennis competition, run by Tennis Australia.
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