born with a degenerative disease that left him mute and unable to walk with mobility aids, he developed a rich fantasy life to retreat into including a scenario in which he saves a galaxy of sentient cats who regard him as a deity. Ricky is 17 and has 14 cats and has autism. He is nonverbal and uses an AAC Device to communicate with people and he also knows ASL. Ricky is really into anything space related and considers himself a space age bachelor man.