Handicap Awareness





1.  Visit an agency that works with the physically, sensory,

     or mentally handicapped.  Collect their publications about

     their activities on behalf of their members.  Learn what

     is being done through training, employment, and education

     of their members.



2.  For a 1-hour period, under each of the following handicapping

     conditions, go about your normal routines--studying, watching

     television, doing your chores around your home.  Keep a

     record of your limitations as well as how you adjusted to

     the problems that were created.  Tell your responses and

     reaction after doing this.

     [a]  Hearing impairment--muffle your ears with bandages.

     [b]  sight impairment--blindfold your eyes.

     [c]  Manual impairment--immobilize your writing arm so it

          can't be used normally.

     [d]  Mobility impairment--immobilize one leg so it can't

          be used normally.



3.  Spend 15 hours within a 3-month period in one of the following

     ways:

     [a]  Visit a sheltered workshop for adults with a handicapping

          condition.

     [b]  Visit a special Cub Scout pack or Boy Scout troop.  Learn

          about their activities, assist the leaders, and work with

          the members of the group.

     [c]  Invite a boy with a handicapping condition to join your

          troop or team and help him become a participating member.



4.  Locate and study literature about the accessibility or non-

     accessability of public and private places to the handicapped.

     Observe the accessibility or nonaccessibility to the

     handicapped in the following:

     [a]  Five places with good accessibility,

     [b]  Five places with poor accessibility,

     [c]  Your school or church, and

     [d]  Your Scout camping site.



5.  Display in a public place the material you have collected so

     others can be made more aware of handicapped citizens.



6.  Make a commitment to your merit badge counselor as to what

     you will do in the future for those peope with handicapping

     conditions.