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member born with spina bifida, get from
his wheelchair into his ski sled, and re-
member him joking as we tucked a quilt
around his legs. "I always travel in com-
fort," he said. He told me how fear or
rejection keeps a lot of disabled people
from doing all that they could.
"They're afraid they won't fit in," he
said, "so they don't even try. Here, we
know each other, and we trust each other.
If we want to do something, we figure out
a way to do it. Sure, sometimes we have to
get special equipment, or slow down a
little so everyone can keep up, but this
post can do just about anything any other
post can do. Being disabled doesn't mat-
ter."
And I listened to Tracy Quayle, Janet
Crookston, and Christie Norton, three
deaf girls, chatting with Kristine and
Heather about which ski run was the
toughest, about high school dating, and
about the visit to the planetarium the post
had planned for the following month.
I recalled what LeeAnn had told me
while we were waiting for a couple of
others to make their way to a lift line.
"When you're working with the disabled,
pay attention to the things they need," she
said. "But don't treat them any different
than other people, because they're not."
And that made me think of what John-
ston had told me, right from the first time
I talked to him about doing a story on the
post.
"If you're going to write about us," he
said, "I hope you'll help people under-
stand that there's room for the handi-
capped in any post, or team, or troop, or
pack. We don't have any special agenda or
program, we have an Explorer post. Our
kids are just average kids. They don't
want special treatment, they just want to
blend in."
So there I sat in a ski lodge, thinking. I
looked out the window at the clouds and
thought how much like clouds our con-
cerns are. If we see beyond them, there's
plenty of sun in the sky. The members of
Post 2027 see life that way, I think. They
have access to everything, if they don't let
clouds get in the way.
The day had been perfect for skiing.
I'd had a lot of fun, just like I would with
any group of kids. What's more, I'd
learned some important lessons. People
are people, and in Scouting just as in life,
there's lots of room for everyone. ■
If you're interested in including disabled
Scouts in your unit, the Maurice War-
shaw Foundation would be happy to
share its experiences with you. Write to it
at 660 S. 200 E., Suite 440, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84111, or call (801)
359-0693.
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