Joaqu\u00edn Romero Salord, co-founder of BJ Adaptations, died at the age of 50 on July 6, 2018.<\/p>\n
A technical architect and a member of Opus Dei, Joaquin was diagnosed at the age of 22 with multiple sclerosis. However, instead of falling into despair, Joaquin embraced his suffering and sought to help others.<\/p>\n
Together with his brothers, Borja and Carlos, Joaquin started designing products that assisted him to live in the most autonomous way possible during his illness. This led to the establishment of BJ Adaptations in 2002, an organization from Spain that designs and develops support technology for people with disabilities in 25 countries.<\/p>\n
BORJA ROMERO<\/strong> Among many other things, Joaquin was very active within his local community in Barcelona. Many friends would come to visit him and he was an example for the youth.<\/p>\n PEP CARRI\u00d3 GRAU His family and friends helped Joaquin write a book, \u201cThe Unexpected Guest,\u201d where he describes his experiences of having multiple sclerosis and how his faith gave him the strength as well as joy to embrace his cross in life. Apart from being in Spanish, his book is also available in English and in Chinese, after he listened to Pope Francis talk about China.<\/p>\n PEP CARRI\u00d3 GRAU<\/strong> Even after his death, Joaquin Romero continues to be an inspiration for many not only in Barcelona, but across the world, of using one's suffering to help others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 10, 2018. Joaquin Romero, co-founder of BJ Adaptations, died at the age of 50 on July 6, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":27281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k4HISaJGztY","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bjoaquinromeroeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bjoaquinromeroint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJoaquin Romero's brother
\n\u201cWe treat people with Cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, dementia, physical disabilities, with different needs...\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Joaquin Romero's friend
\n \u201cA lot of people came to see him, a lot of young people...\u201d \u201cI remember a father who said that his son left moved by Joaquin's example. He said, 'My son came out of the car the other day, I was complaining about a cold and he said, 'Look, dad, I've been to see a really sick person, please don't complain anymore.''\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nJoaquin Romero's friend
\n \u201cJoaquin wanted his book to be published in Chinese because the Church in China is suffering persecution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n