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The child, Leopold, has been diagnosed with Oculocutaneous Albinism (OCA), a rare disease that causes vision problem and that affects the coloring of the skin, hair, and eyes, according to the [National Institutes of Health (NIH)](https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/oculocutaneous-albinism). “Today he received his glasses…and can now see the world clearly for the very first time,” the child’s father David Reppond wrote in a description of the 30-second video on YouTube. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4287174/baby-glasses-sees-mom-first-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4287174/baby-glasses-sees-mom-first-time/"},"headline":"Watch a Vision-Impaired Baby See His Mom Clearly for the First Time","datePublished":"2016-04-08T19:32:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:29.312Z","description":"Make sure a box of tissues is nearby","url":"https://time.com/4287174/baby-glasses-sees-mom-first-time/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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