andysmom Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Many congratulations to you and your son. The Eagle Rank is always something to be proud of and as a Mom to a scout on the spectrum, I can imagine how you feel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr56 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Congratulations and best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Congratulations to your son and his parents! That's an interesting matched pair of questions there. I have sat on at least 15 EBOR's and have never heard that one asked. I'm going to have to ask my son how he would have answered that. Maybe I should also ask myself how I would answer it, and I never even made it to an EBOR. In a practice EBOR (the Troop does them on request, important for someone who is autistic to lower stress) he had paired 'Friendly' with 'Reverent' as he said honestly discussing faith sometimes offends your friends no matter what you say. This question get asked a lot here and many scouts just say they are all equal and all important and just can't decide. Usually when pressed (I have been told) they drop clean, reverent, or thrifty. I think it amuses the reviewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Many congratulations to you and your son. The Eagle Rank is always something to be proud of and as a Mom to a scout on the spectrum, I can imagine how you feel. Hang in there. He just had a much more autistic boy make it as well. It just takes longer, especially if they do it right. I have found the number of scouts 'with issues' to seem higher than the general population; I suspect many parents try as an additional option especially when boys start falling behind in school. Nothing helps dealing with transition issues like camping every month in a different place or with tolerating noise like a Troop meeting. We did discover that putting 30 pounds on his back (as in backpacking) greatly improved his balance and gait--a fact confirmed by our occupational therapist later. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG172 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Fantastic News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdidochas Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Great to hear! Congrats to the new Eagle and to his parents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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