Parents Confused After Daughter Gets Booted from the Girl Scouts

Image that you’re Magi Klages’ parents. Your beautiful 8-year-old autistic daughter was part of a Brownie troop that got too big, so she was moved to a smaller group for children with special needs. All seems to be going well, until one day Magi throws a fit during a matt-weaving project. You are there to witness the entire event and don’t consider Magi’s behavior abnormal for an autistic child thrust into a new situation. But four days later you get a call saying that Magi is no longer welcome in the new troop. What do you do? If you are … Continue reading