Scouting, Volume 50, Number 2, February 1962 Page: 23
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from wheel chairs to western sad-
dles difficult enough to stop them.
As a Scoutmaster, 1 have often
wondered how much of the training
we attempt to instill in our Scouts
actually will be useful. I was given
a startling example of Scout train-
ing in action only a few days ago.
Some of our Scouts were swimming
with several younger boys in a pri-
vate pool. Suddenly one of our
Scouts noticed the limp body of a
small boy draped through an inner-
tube with his head submerged. He
immediately called to the supervis-
ing adult a short distance away.
When the child was pulled from the
pool, his face was blue and he was
no longer breathing. A second
Scout, age fourteen, though himself
unable to walk, began artificial res-
piration while the adult cleared the
other voungsters from the pool.
After a while the boy began to
breathe again and a potential trag-
edy was averted. In spite of their
physical disabilities, Scouts from
Troop 40 had demonstrated what it
means to "Be Prepared."
Of course, there are some phy-
sical activities our Scouts are unable
to perform. When this occurs indi-
vidual consideration is given. How-
ever, we have found that when we
expect performance from our Scouts,
they will produce much more than
we would have imagined. Scouting
has become an integral part of the
rehabilitation of these boys. They
are showing in other areas of their
rehabilitation program the positive
influence that participation in Scout-
ing has. These boys are laying the
foundations for a self-sufficient life,
rather than accepting an existence
as dependent burdens on society.
Each day they are proving to them-
selves and to the world that handi-
capped individuals can become use-
ful citizens.
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Scouts who refused to admit they were handicapped insisted that they
never just "went along for the ride;" they walked with braces and crutches
or they powered their own wheel chairs. They even developed their
own technique for rowing a boat backwards to make it go forward.
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