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LOCATION:3826 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14226, US
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	Museum of disAbility History 
 

	The Scout must bring a blue merit badge card signed by your unit leader.  Bring a bag lunch.  The charge for registration is for one scout and one adult.  Other family members will need to pay regular admission at time of tour. 
 

	Prerequisites: 
 

	
		Read the Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge Pamphlet.


	  
 

	
		Complete Requirement: Please leave with Blue card when you come in. Will need it for credit.


	  
 

	#4: Visit TWO of the following locations and take notes about the accessibility to people with disabilities.  In your notes, give examples of five things that could be done to improve upon the site and five things about the site that make it friendly to people with disabilities.  Discuss your observations with your counselor. 
 

	      A) Your school 
 

	      B) Your place of worship 
 

	      C) Your Scout camping site 
 

	      D) A public exhibit or attraction (such as a theater, museum, or park) 
 

	 Part 1:  List the two places you visited/observed. 
 

	  Part 2:  ***Do not worry about the “notes” part for each location—if you want to write something, you may but I will not require it.  
 

	  Part 3:  You need to list 5 things that could be improved at each site and 5 things that make that site 
 

	 And 
 

	 #7: Name five professions that provide services to people with disabilities.  Pick one that interests you and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession.  Discuss what you learn with your counselor, and tell why this profession interests you. 
 

	 Part 1:  Use the employment packet you received to list 5 professions that provide services to people with disabilities.   
 

	 Part 2:  Pick one profession from those five and briefly describe the education, training, and experience required for that profession.   
 

	 Part 3:  You must also discuss why the profession interests you.   
 

	 For more information, please look at the museum’s website:                                                                          www.museumofdisability.org 
 

SUMMARY:disABILITIES Awareness Merit Badge
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