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Requirement

4. Do ONE of the following options

Required Often forgotten

TWO OPTIONS, AND THE SAME FOUR PLACES PRINTED UNDER EACH OF THEM. Everything that separates Option A from Option B sits in the paragraph above each list rather than in the list itself, which is exactly why this reads as a choice of destination and is not one.

Notes and warnings

Warning. THE FOUR PLACES ARE THE SAME UNDER BOTH OPTIONS, SO THIS IS NOT A CHOICE OF WHERE TO GO. Your school, your place of worship, a Scouting event or campsite, and a public exhibit or attraction are listed twice, once under each option, word for word. The choice is entirely in the paragraph above each list, and it is a choice about what you are looking for: Option A is physical accessibility, and Option B is how a place accommodates people with invisible disabilities. THE COST DIFFERENCE IS IN THOSE PARAGRAPHS TOO. Option A is a walk round with a notebook and can be done on a visit you were making anyway. Option B says to ask staff members to explain any accommodation features that may not be obvious, so it needs somebody at each of the two sites to stop work and talk to you. At a school that is easy; at a museum on a busy Saturday it is not. Decide on that sentence, not on the lists.

What this is made of

Where this step comes from

  1. Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 4 · The requirement asks for ONE of the two options, and each option asks you to visit TWO of the four locations listed under it.