This Amateur Pool Champ Doesn’t See Limits and Doesn’t Want You to Either

‘96 Pounds of Dynamite’ tells the inspiring story of Chad ‘Shorty’ McDaniel, who embraces life and shatters assumptions about people living with disabilities.

Chad "Shorty" McDaniel, star of the new VOD release "96 Pounds of Dynamite." Courtesy of 96 Pounds of Dynamite

It would have been easy for Chad McDaniel—born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type 3, a congenital collagen disorder characterized by weakened bones, diminutive stature, and the distinct blue sclera of the eyes—to let his diagnosis dictate what he could and couldn’t do. Instead, he saw opportunity.

“I’ve always seized every day and tried to get the most out of it that God gives me,” McDaniel told The Epoch Times in a recent interview.