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| Extension Scouting | |||
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| Country | Various | ||
| Founder | Robert Baden-Powell[dubious – discuss][citation needed] | ||
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Extension Scouting are programs in some Scout organizations for young people with disabilities.
Background
[edit]Extension Scouting was earlier [when?] called Scouts Malgré Tout[by whom?][citation needed], which is French for "Scouts Despite Everything". It aims to meet the mandate[further explanation needed] from Robert Baden-Powell, founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom, that the programme be made "open to all."[1][better source needed]

Young people with disabilities join in with Scout groups on a regular basis but some organizations provide a special parallel program tailored to these participants.[vague] For example, The Scout Association of the United Kingdom formed a Disabled Scout Branch in 1926 and has various Scoutlink groups around the country. Scoutlink is a program run by The Scout Association of the United Kingdom in order to provide support and involvement for young people and adults with developmental disabilities, a form of Extension Scouting[dubious – discuss][citation needed] but is also the name of an Internet chat site and joint programs between The Scout Association in Northern Ireland and Scouting Ireland.
Extension Scouting is known by different names:
- in the Netherlands, "Blauwe Vogels" (Blue Birds), after the play L'Oiseau Bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck;
- in Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen, "AKABE", Anders KAn BEst (Different is all-right);
- in Polish Scouts[which?], "Nieprzetarty Szlak";
- in Kenya Scouts Association, "Street Scouts".
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Extension Scouting in Queensland, Australia". Archived from the original on 2006-10-05.