The New Orleans-based nonprofit MakeGood is now creating customized assistive technology that is intended to help people with disabilities solve the problems they encounter in daily life.
July 15, 2024 •
Marie Fazio, The Advocate
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(TNS) — A few weeks ago, Noam Platt and Philip Dunham set up shop at Camp Dream Street, an overnight camp in Mississippi for children with disabilities.
When one camper who uses a wheelchair said he had trouble drawing with a clipboard when he wasn’t near a table, Platt and Dunham worked with him to tailor a design that would fit his needs. Overnight they 3D-printed a contoured lap desk fitted to his legs, customized with his name and a Godzilla head sticking out.
For a camper whose feeding tube kept slipping off the back of her wheelchair, they made a small clip to hold it in place. For another, who is vision impaired, they crafted a clip to attach a flashlight to her walking cane.
In the grand scheme of technological advancement, the [...]