Blue Halloween candy buckets have become a way to signal that a trick-or-treater has autism, inspired by one mom's viral post. But they're also controversial.
"Blue buckets are meant for kids with autism that cannot communicate with others, so if someone knocks and doesn't say 'trick or treat,' don't take it as them being rude or weird," reads one Facebook post that has been shared many times, showing image of text over a big store display of blue jack-o'-lantern buckets."They deserve to enjoy Halloween like everyone else.
“Some parents might see the blue bucket as a way to help our kids,” Chavarria wrote in her post. “I know the many people who alerted me to the idea did so with good intentions. Our society is becoming more aware of autism, more open to inclusion, and my kids will benefit from that. But they also shouldn’t have to tell a stranger they have autism in order to get some chocolate.”
"During the early years, there was a lot of crying, screaming, laying on the street and not collecting much candy," she says. "Kids deserve to go trick-or-treating like everyone else without a symbol that says"I'm different" because we already live that every day," she says., a public speaker and activist who was diagnosed with autism at age 2, using a blue Halloween bucket should be a family's individual choice based on the child's needs and desires.
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Blue Halloween Buckets For Autism: Why They're ControversialElise Solé is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles and covers parenting for TODAY Parents. She was previously a news editor at Yahoo and has also worked at Marie Claire and Women's Health. Her bylines have appeared in Shondaland, SheKnows, Happify and more.
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