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"Every Body Counts" for people with disabilities is one of our responsibilities as part of the community. Through generations their needs were heard and addressed. We are one with them as they get recognition from society. 

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Div 1 WINNER: Every Body Counts by Brielle B Tomimbang

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Div 1 WINNER: Every Body Counts by Brielle B Tomimbang

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The 504 Sit-in piqued our interests while searching for rights movements pertaining to disability. Because we both have ADHD, and one of us has immediate family with disabilities, we figured looking into the law that allows people with ADHD equal opportunity in education would be perfect. After some research, we settled on showcasing the 504 Sit-in, which demonstrates both the rights that were lacked before the protest and gained after, as well as the responsibility to uphold rights for everyone and to advocate against injustices that individuals face. 	Beginning our research, we turned to key figures in the movement itself. Many of these people had websites, which included links to online museums and other sources for anybody researching the movement. One of these sites included contact information, and we were able to reach out for an interview. In looking for newspaper articles, the California Digital Newspaper Collection was pivotal in our search. Its easy accessibility offered a majority of the newspapers used in our project. We struggled to find sourced images, although Anthony Tusler’s photo collection and the “Patient No More” exhibit proved useful. A week into our research, our school blocked a majority of websites, so we spent an unanticipated amount of time searching for work-arounds to access our studies.	Despite our struggles, we persisted. We wanted our project to be accessible by everybody, so we chose a documentary format, with captions for anybody with disabilities pertaining to auditory processing. We first wrote the script, then added changes we felt necessary and went through our sources, matching images to dialogue. While adding images to our organizer, we created a full citations paper to go alongside our project. Adding the sources and voiceover was not as time-consuming as anticipated because of our planning. Although this movement first piqued our interests because of its relation to disability rights, we stayed with the topic because of its significance both then and today. Before the 1970s, nothing was accessible to disabled people. This movement marked the start of disability rights, showcasing to disabled people nationwide that they are just as capable of advocating for themselves, and that advocacy would produce results. Because of this inspiration, the 504 Sit-in has undeniable historical value. Not only was this movement the first step for allowing equal opportunities and accessibility, but it sparked other programs that still hold significance today. The 504 Sit-in paved the way for transportation rights, the ADA, and more, all of which were resolved because of disabled protests. In the end, the goal of these protests always has been providing equal opportunity to all, because everybody has the right to reach their full potential. The Sit-in was pivotal in showcasing the responsibility of advocacy and upholding rights for all, shedding a light on the change these responsibilities could and would make.

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Div 2 WINNER: Signing & Shouting by Madeline Pomeroy & Triston Feller

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Div 2 WINNER: Signing & Shouting by Madeline Pomeroy & Triston Feller

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freecompress-Signing and Shouting NHD 2025 - Madeline Pomeroy(1)

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This topic has shown me an understanding of how people with disabilities have had challenges even in different time periods. I learned that cultural beliefs, stereotypes, & bias had made some people's lives very difficult to live in, which in this case is how people with disabilities were looked down upon. Even as time went on, and to this day, we still have challenges with people with disabilities not getting the same opportunities or treatments. Just like back in the day in Sprata, when infants were deemed physically unfit, they would often be abandoned. But today, that doesn’t happen anymore, our medical facilities & treatments help people with any disability to get better or even give them a step to accept who they are in the world. I really hope my pamphlet gives an understanding of the different time periods on how people with disabilities were treated, but also for people to treat them we would with respect and not look down upon them. I also learned that even making laws like ADA or IDEA does help, but it is not sufficient enough with people with low income to be accepted in, specifically like insurance, employment opportunities, and housing. There are a few ways to get around them, & just decline any services. This research has taught me the historical basis of all this for sure, but it makes me understand why this happens. My brother has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, developmental delay, and autism. He struggles at school to be at the level he should be for a middle schooler, but he has an IEP that helps him a lot. Like sometimes kids at schools just have stereotypes, and for him, he’s not your normal middle schooler, so he sometimes gets included in stuff,f but not all the time.I now realize we can’t really change other people's minds, but we can make a difference by helping & making other people understand that everyone deserves to be treated equally, no matter what condition, mentally or physically you have.

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Div 2 RUNNER UP: Every Body Counts by Jocelyn Cortez

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Div 2 RUNNER UP: Every Body Counts by Jocelyn Cortez