In this section Sara plans a "reverse telethon." In this telethon the campers depict a scenario where people with disabilities became the majority. The purpose of this fantasized fundraiser is to eliminate normalcy from the world. Sara interviews campers suffering from normalcy about their day-to-day struggle. "Tell people what it's like to live with a horrible condition like normalcy." "It's rough at times. Wherever you go, people stare at you. You're always different. I'm used to it now, but it was really hard when I was a kid. When I tried to make friends in school, the other kids used to call me names" (Johnson, 180). After this stunt the director of Camp Courage is absolutely furious, and completely disqualifies them from the competition. He claims that their skit was an embarrassment and their actions reprehensible, when in reality all that they did was show the audience how it feels to be disabled in today's society. When the director asks Sara to make a public apology for her actions she refuses, and states that she has nothing to be sorry for. .
In this scene Sara challenges the social norms by completely flipping them on their heads. By creating this ridiculous scene, Sara, Jean, and their cabin mates, showed how people with disabilities are objectified and exploited by the non-disabled community every day. It was an act of rebellion against society, and Sara hoped that it might start a revolution. This reverse telethon was Sara's way of lighting the spark that would become the disabilities rights movement. The reverse telethon skit forced society to recognize their mistreatment of the disabled community, however they were not the only ones who required this realization. There are several sections within the novel in which Sara assists Jean in her struggle to accept her identity. In one passage in particular Jean and Sara are going through some of Jean's things when they come across a scrapbook.