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You would think that a Girl Scout group created specifically for children with special needs would be understanding of said needs.  I have my doubts about how frightened the other children were -- at age six, plenty of "normal" children are still throwing the sort of tantrum described.  It sounds to me like they just have the wrong person running this troop.  

admittedly, this is terrible - but to play devil's advocate, girl scout troops are run by volunteers (often parents) with little training.  If the volunteer running the troop can't manage a kid's behavior, the troop often disbands because the leader leaves and no one new steps up.  

Maybe you should get all the facts before jumping to conclusions.  Shame on you.  Do your research.

Of course they did.  When I was a brownie my mom was told they quit doing it after my first year, which was a bald face lie.  I just wasn't as popular as the other girls.  Ever hear the song "One of these things is not like the other"?  It's just human nature to discriminate, what ever the degree may be.

What exactly are you objecting to, UPSET BY WHATEVER?

This story that you are reading about is not true. It's amazing how people are so willing to believe one person's story without even getting all the details.  It's completely one-sided.  Perhaps maybe the media should do the research on the rest of the girls and exactly what happened.  Don't you have to wonder why the troop leaders would make the decision they did?  Just once ask yourself that.  There may be other circumstances that surround this story.   It's sensationalism at its finest!

This story is so sad. The girl scout troupe that I grew up in was probably one-third special needs girls. We went camping every year and the whole camp was full of girls who couldn't walk being pulled in red wagons by girls who could. We had dance parties with girls dancing on their feet and in their wheelchairs. We had autistic girls, girls with cerebral palsy, girls with learning disorders, a little of everything. It was absolutely wonderful, and my time as a camper and, later, a counselor, changed my life. I'm now an adult, and my husband and I just finished a six month stint as  volunteers at an orphanage in India for special needs boys. I wouldn't have had the skills or the heart for it if not for my time as a girl scout. This whole situation is just heartbreaking for me.