LSU student uses personal experience to now offer a helping hand

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In a Louisiana workshop, they put together a puzzle of possibilities.

First with plastic wire, they melt it then mold it with 3-D printing.

WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood is at MakeGood, a New Orleans nonprofit.

“Here at MakeGood, we use 3-D printing to create objects for people with disabilities to live life with more independence,” said Noam Platt, LSU architecture graduate who started MakeGood.

That’s the mission for Platt.

On the job here is 23-year-old LSU graduate and now LSU graduate student, James Robert, III.

Robert was born with no fingers on his left hand. He still has no feeling in that hand even after surgery but a lot of feeling in his heart.

“If I find something that works for me then it’s part of my nature to share it,” said Robert. “For me I’d say it’s been a more intuitive way of living because the world isn’t necessarily built for someone like me so I have to take it a few step farther.”

That’s why he’s here making the world better for others who need some assistance.

Robert has five jobs right now and with his masters degree, he plans to get a full-time job making prosthetics.

Making a difference with what he’s learned at MakeGood.

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