A break in the rain. Last week we had our first Webelos den meeting of the school year and because I’m a den leader (stop laughing –– I only do it so I can wear that spiffy uniform and meet women) parents of two of the new kids came up to me as we were getting started to express their concerns. What each of them said came down to the same thing: I want to be sure this is a good en vironment for my kid, since he was diagnosed as (ADD/ADHD/ASD/SPD/OCD). I laughed. Which didn’t go over very well, so I explained pretty quickly that the reason I laughed is that scouting is actually an awesome environment. I told them that not only is my son ASD/SPD, but that several other kids in our den either had diagnoses or probably qualified for one. I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but it’s not. I spent this past weekend with my nine-year-old at Webelos Woods, a camp out for Webelos where they get to experience the way Boy Scouts do t...
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