Webelos & AOL Elective Adventure: Aware and Care

Webelos & AOL Elective Adventure: Aware and Care

Do all of these:
1. Develop an awareness of the challenges of the blind through
participation in an activity that simulates blindness.
2. Participate in an activity that simulates severe visual impairment, but
not blindness.
3. Participate in an activity that simulates the challenges of being deaf
or hard of hearing.
4. Engage in an activity that simulates mobility impairment.
5. Take part in an activity that simulates dexterity impairment.
6. With your den, participate in an activity that focuses on the
acceptance of differences in general.
7. Do two of the following:
a. Do a Good Turn for residents at a skilled nursing facility or
retirement community.
b. Invite an individual with a disability to visit your den, and
discuss what activities he or she currently finds challenging
or found challenging in the past.
c. Attend a disabilities event such as a Special Olympics
competition, an adaptive sports event, a performance with
sign language interpretation, or an activity with service dogs.
Tell your den what you thought about the experience.
d. Talk to someone who works with people who have
disabilities. Ask that person what they do and how he or she
helps people with disabilities.
e. Using American Sign Language, sign the Scout Oath.
f. With the help of an adult, contact a service dog organization,
and learn the entire process from pup training to assignment
to a client.
g. Participate in a service project that focuses on a specific
disability.
h. Participate in an activity with an organization whose
members are disabled.