Tosefta for Chagigah 11:2
אמר ליה אביי עד הכא דמיחייבא אימיה בשמחה אייתיתיה אימיה מכאן ואילך אם יכול לעלות ולאחוז בידו של אביו מירושלים להר הבית חייב ואי לא פטור
Abaye said to him, Until this point, since his mother was obligated by the law of rejoicing, his mother brought him. From there on, if he can go up, holding his father's hand from Jerusalem to the mountain of the Temple, he is obligated. And if not, he is exempt.
Tosefta Chagigah
Yochanan ben Dahavei says in the name of Rabbi Yehuda, Neither is a blind man [obligated to appear at the Temple on the Festivals], as it says (Ex. 23:17), "[All of your males] shall be seen," this excludes the blind. Rebbi answered the words of Yochanan ben Dahavei: The Sages decided to support the opinion of (סִיעַ) Rabbi Yehuda [in reliance upon] (1 Sam. 1:22), "Hannah did not ascend, because she said to her husband, 'When the child is weaned, [I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord]." [Just as a minor is not obligated until he can ascend independently, so too a blind person, who requires support to ascend the Temple, is not obligated to appear (see Chag. 6a:3).]
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