Autistic Scout's Eagle Project - Adrian Resource Care kit

[RememberSchiff]

 

...Adrian’s kits are full of materials that are described as anxiety and autism comfort items, and as a part of his eagle badge requirements, Adrian supplied the kit to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department to use as a tool when they are responding to calls that involve autistic people or people in extreme anxiety.

The kit contains headphones, sensory balls, fidget spinners, pipe cleaners, stretchy men and flavored tongue depressors, which are Adrian’s favorite. These kits are now carried by 42 medic units in Fairfax County, and when they are working with an individual with autism or calls involving mental health crises, the kit might be just the thing they need to help induce calm while the rescue workers tend to the task at hand.

More details of this great Scout story at sources:

https://ffxfirerescue.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/local-scout-creates-anxiety-and-autism-care-kits-for-fcfrd-medic-units/

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2020/aug/13/emergencies-autistic-people-now-have-adrians-resou/

Outstanding, Scout Salute

Edited August 13, 2020 by RememberSchiff

[BamBam]

Great project!! 🥰

 

[RememberSchiff]

July 8, 2023,  Scout Aims for Autism-friendly Ambulances:

"Boy Scout Ricardo “Richie” Navarro went before a room of emergency medical service providers, including ambulance and fire personnel, to both present his Eagle Scout project and equip the first responders with tools meant to help patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

...Richie created “sensory bags” filled with items meant to soothe ASD patients, and those bags were distributed to some of the emergency medical first-responder community during the first base station (911 home base) meeting at Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley on Wednesday, July 5. 

Richie researched and asked local parents of children on the spectrum what to include in the sensory bags, and with his research he was able to design a sensory bag for local emergency services, according to a press release. The bag includes sound-dampening earmuffs, sunglasses, various “fidget spinners,” and a card that helps first responders communicate with a patient on the spectrum that includes how to assess pain levels."

More at source:

https://holtvilletribune.com/2023/07/08/imperial-scout-aims-for-autism-friendly-ambulances/

Outstanding, Scout Salute

Edited July 9, 2023 by RememberSchiff