Lifeguard

Several questions arise in my mind about this. What is "high-functioning"? Who makes that determination? Why does the troop know that he has autism? What behaviors does the child display that make parental supervision necessary in the mind of the troop's leadership? There are many people that have many different kinds/levels of autism that function, more or less, in society without anyone knowing. I would imagine that the parents brought it to the troop's attention or the troop leaders could tell this child had some special needs that had not been disclosed and approached the family about it. As someone that works with children in a recreation environment on a daily basis through swimming lessons and Supervising recreational swim, there are times when it is highly appropriate to require parents to directly supervise their children, if not help us teach them and keep them safe. This has the feel of someone wanting a reason to sue someone. Just my opinion

I would have to agree that, as a youth, Scouting was absolutely apolitical, and I would imagine that most youth don't look at the skills and lessons they learn in their time in the BSA as a political move, like someone working in a campaign. Hopefully, scouts can just be kids learning good skills of all kinds, and not be inundated with political views from either side. If we are going to celebrate famous Eagles, why don't we offer up only those that don't make their living as hypocrites making fake documentaries. I don't recall lies and misinformation being part of scouting. Steven Spielberg, for example, is by far more famous (and not a conservative) and makes good films. Let's also not forget the tremendous scouts and scouters that are doing great things everyday that we never hear about. Lifeguard