Joey Richey was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the age of twelve.

This condition causes him to slowly loose his sight until he becomes totally blind. He worked for a long time as a personal trainer and coach but when he finally became fully blind he went back to school to become a vocational rehabilitation counceler.

He now works for the Alabama Insititue For the Deaf and Blind where he helps teach people how to use a cane and learn brail. He says that he now feels like he is “finally a coach.”