Requirement
3. Do TWO of the following
Required Often forgotten
Five options, and they split cleanly: two need a specific person willing to talk with you, two are research needing nobody, and the fifth is either a project or an afternoon depending on which of its two verbs you take.
Notes and warnings
Warning. TWO OF THESE FIVE NEED A PERSON AND TWO NEED NOBODY, AND YOU PICK TWO. 3(a) needs a Scout who has a disability and is willing to talk about their Scouting; 3(b) needs an individual who has a disability and is willing to talk about their life. 3(c) and 3(d) are research and can be done entirely from a desk, which makes them the safe pair if arranging conversations is hard where you live. 3(e) sits between them, because "plan or participate in" are two very different jobs: planning an awareness activity is a project with an audience, while taking part in one your school, unit or council already runs is an afternoon. THIS IS A BADGE ABOUT PEOPLE, THOUGH. If you can manage one conversation, make it one of your two, and go through requirement 2's agency to arrange it rather than approaching somebody cold.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 3 · The requirement asks for TWO of the five lettered parts.