Quote Originally Posted by McMurdo View Post
I was a cub scout for a while, and went with my twin brother who has cerebral palsy, when he had had enough of trying to camp and all with the rest we both gave it up. The really incredible thing is in a time when almost every other group would shun him the Scouts welcomed us both with open arms. I think it just got to be too much for him.
I worked a couple summers with 'scouting for the handicapped' as it was called at the time. One of the most rewarding things in which I've ever been involved. To make it even more challenging, the boys with whom we worked were from very urban inner city DC. So not only did they have the challenges with which they lived every day, they had never even seen a rural or wooded area in their lives.