{"id":11773,"date":"2017-08-22T18:54:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T22:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=11773"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:03:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:03:52","slug":"blind-man-lopez-vision-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/blind-man-lopez-vision-help-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Man Has Vision To Help Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11774\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gabriel2-882x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Gabriel Lopez Kafati with his guide dog Posh.\" width=\"433\" height=\"514\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ADRIANA DOS SANTOS \/ THE LEAD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriel Lopez Kafati cooks in the dark. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When slicing a tomato he gingerly grabs it by the sides, carefully positioning the knife under his hand before dicing it in half. He\u2019s become pretty adept at it, too. An impressive feat considering he is blind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lopez was born with retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic condition that progressively degenerates the retina and causes vision impairments. His sight slowly deteriorated until he reached a point\u2014eight years ago<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where he couldn\u2019t see at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs I started losing more vision,\u201d Lopez said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t able to function.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But anyone who knows Lopez today agrees that he functions at a high level. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four months ago he took a job at his alma mater, Miami Dade College. Lopez, 40, assists students with disabilities at North Campus through ACCESS Services as a part-time adaptive technology specialist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program provides special accommodations to students with disabilities, which often come in the form of adaptive technology. Examples of the services provided are: screen readers or magnification for their computers and special software that read books outloud. Lopez also advises departments at the College to assure their websites are accessible to students with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGabriel is extremely responsible,\u201d said Andrea Plunkett, the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/access\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ACCESS Services at North Campus<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. \u201cVery open to the students that come for assistance and definitely very patient.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-workers Dayani Perez and Maria Otiniano describe Lopez as chivalrous, concerned with other people and super-sweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[Working with Gabriel] is interesting. It\u2019s a good interesting,\u201d Perez said.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe reason why I say it\u2019s a good interesting is because there are a lot of laughs. A lot of good moments.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he\u2019s not at North Campus, Lopez works independently as a business consultant for private companies and nonprofit organizations, mainly within the blind community. He started working in that field after he moved to Miami from Honduras in 2009, and was unable to practice corporate law, which he has a degree in, because of the differences in the two countries\u2019 legal systems. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lopez first moved to Miami seeking a rehabilitation program to help him with his disability. In 2005, his condition worsened and he found the Miami Lighthouse For The Blind, a nonprofit organization serving the visually impaired and blind. He won a scholarship and took part in a program there for eight months, learning about orientation, mobility, and adaptive technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[At Miami Lighthouse For The Blind] I learned to use all the adaptive technology that I\u2019m working with [now],\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He eventually returned to Honduras, but permanently returned to Miami in 2009 to study marketing and international trade at North Campus. Lopez later earned a master\u2019s degree in business administration from Barry University and landed several jobs, including a position at Baptist Health International, which represents international patients served by all the Baptist Health South Florida hospitals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lopez lives in a three-bedroom house in Miami Lakes. He enjoys culinary arts, concocting dishes that feature salads, chicken breasts and quinoa on the weekends. Lopez uses timers and thermometers and has developed a technique for chopping to safeguard against cutting his fingers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has also earned a reputation as a snazzy dresser. His look usually includes a button down shirt, dress trousers and a blazer to accent his formal attire. Lopez uses a color identifier, a device that works by taking a picture of the clothes he selects and then tells him what color it is. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs I lost my vision, I said to myself: \u2018Okay, I need to figure this out because I am not going to be dressing poorly\u2019,\u201d Lopez quipped, displaying his keen sense of humor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An integral part of Lopez\u2019s daily life is Posh, his mellow female guide dog. The pooch, a six-year-old yellow Labrador, was provided to him by the Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a nonprofit organization that trains dogs to assist people who are legally blind. The duo is inseparable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lopez applied for a dog at Guiding Eyes for the Blind four years ago. The process was tedious. To find the best match, the school got to know his personality, walking speed and voice pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After matching him with several dogs that best fit his traits, the school trained them for four months. Lopez interacted with those dogs before he was matched with Posh; then they trained nonstop for a month in New York to build a strong bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posh, who wears a brown leather harness when on duty, has proved invaluable when the tandem navigates the terrain at North Campus. She remembers patterns, like their usual walking path during lunch and has mastered anticipating Lopez\u2019s every move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Lopez, the ability to adjust to ever-changing circumstances has empowered him to overcome adversity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of adapting to everything,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabriel Lopez Kafati cooks in the dark. When slicing a tomato he gingerly grabs it by the sides, carefully positioning the knife under his hand before dicing it in half. He\u2019s become pretty adept at it, too. An impressive feat considering he is blind. 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