Episode 36: Designing for Disabilities

In this episode of The Spark, Dr. Weiss sits down with Fourth Grader Sammie and Fifth Grader Graham, who placed in the Top 5 out of 254 entries for their team submission to ADI Negev's Make the Change Challenge for Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month! Sammie and Graham came up with the Helmet Pillow, designed to prevent Muscular Dystrophy head injuries due to falls.He is also joined by Samantha Schmidt—our Design Thinking teacher—and Nathan Collier—our Fourth and Fifth Grade Science and Math teacher—to talk about the Design Thinking process and how this project came to life.