BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Chris Carrino is living out his childhood dream.

“I’d be doing all this stuff anyway if I was an accountant," said Carrino. "I’d be watching NBA basketball and SportsCenter. Now I have an excuse because it’s part of my job.”

As the radio play-by-play voice of Brooklyn Nets basketball, Carrino made a name for himself with 30 years behind the mic. But what many may not know is the man with that beloved voice uses a wheelchair.

“The best make it look easy, but it’s not easy," said Carrino.

He was in his mid-20s when he started to notice some changes to his body.

“Suddenly playing basketball, the ball was heavy. I’d play rec softball and try to run to first base and suddenly it was like running in sand," he recalled.

Carrino was diagnosed with Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, or FSHD. It's a genetic disorder that has weakened the muscles in his arms, shoulders and legs. It’s one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy and affects around one million people globally.

“I knew that maybe this thing was going to rob me of certain things down the road, but I’m not gonna let it stop me from living the life I had imagined," Carrino said.

It wasn’t until he was 40 years old that he decided to go public with his very private health battle.

“I always had the burden of living with the disease and trying to hide it from people. When you don’t have that burden, it becomes much easier and then you find you have so many people who want to help you," Carrino said.

He started the Carrino Foundation, to help raise money for FSHD research and he shares his story to help raise hope.

“I want a young person growing up to realize that if they want to work in the NBA or they want to work in broadcasting or they want to be somebody that travels with the team, that they can do it. That being in a wheelchair is going to preclude them from doing that," Carrino said.

Carrino says he will continue to lead by example, showing others that no dream is out of reach.