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Requirement

6. A commitment, and how your thinking changed

Required Often forgotten

THE ONE REQUIREMENT THAT CANNOT BE DONE EARLY. The commitment describes what you will do to show a positive attitude and to encourage it in others. The second half asks how your awareness has changed as a result of what you have learned, which needs the rest of the badge behind it. Keep a note as you go.

Notes and warnings

Note. THIS IS THE ONE REQUIREMENT THAT CANNOT HONESTLY BE DONE EARLY, AND IT REWARDS A NOTE KEPT AS YOU GO. Its second half asks how your awareness has changed as a result of what you have learned, which needs the rest of the badge to have happened first. The trouble with reflection at the end of a piece of work is that you no longer remember what you thought at the beginning, so a few lines written after requirement 1 and again after requirement 3 will make this a real answer rather than a polite one. The first half is a commitment, in your own words, covering both what you will do yourself and how you will encourage positive attitudes in others, which is two things rather than one.

Where this step comes from

  1. Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 6 · The requirement asks for a commitment describing what you will do, and for a discussion of how your awareness has changed as a result of what you have learned.