Imagine knowing, from a young age, that you were going to go blind. Forever.

Now, imagine your dad passes away, and the only life you've ever known, the family carnival business, is gone. You're left with a choice. For Max, "I'm not happy doing nothing" wasn't just a phrase; it was a mission.

This is a story about what happens when pure grit meets an impossible obstacle. But Max's journey didn't stop after he taught himself to code. That was just the beginning.

• He grew up working as the "12th man" on his family's dangerous carnival crew.

• He completed all the requirements to become one of the few blind Eagle Scouts.

• When he needed a new career, he taught himself to code HTML because no accessibility tools existed.

• He found his voice and became "The Blind Blogger," inspiring others on LinkedIn.

Today, Maxwell Ivey (Max) has moved from coding his own solutions to coaching the world on accessibility.

As "The Blind Blogger," he's a podcast creator and a powerful advocate, teaching businesses how to be better and showing them why they're foolish to ignore the $13.2 trillion global market that people with disabilities represent.

Forget your excuses; this is a story about what it really means to solve a problem.

Straight Out of Compression is hosted and produced by Elijah Drown.