A North Alabama coach is using time on the wrestling mat to teach more than just physical technique — he is showing others how to fight through adversity.

28-year-old Juwan Williams, owner of Tru Vision Wrestling in Madison, started losing his vision at age 14. Williams' deteriorating sight was caused by a rare genetic condition called Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, which breaks down the optic nerve, affecting how the eye processes what it "sees". Six months after his diagnosis, he was considered legally blind - struggling with depth perception, colors, and seeing objects that could be right in front of him.

"You know it's something to adapt to, your peers have to adapt to you, your family adapts to you, and just everything in your life has to adapt to you being visually impaired,"

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