Creating A HALLOWEEN FOR ALL:
Inclusive and Adaptive tips

Halloween is the biggest holiday that is celebrated universially in the United States. But it is not easy for every child to participate. Food allergies make trick-or-treating dangerous. Anxiety challenges some children with spooky events that are truly frighting. Wheelchairs and mobility devices can make costume decisions limited.

GENERAL INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE TIPS FOR HALLOWEEN:
• Safe Kids Worldwide All the safty tips for Halloween for everyone to keep in mind.
• Learn 31 Halloween Signs (ASL) in this Youtube video
• Halloween Safety & Disability Inclusion Tips from Partners for Youth with Disabilities
• Fun, Inclusive Halloween ideas from Easterseals
• Excellent overview of issues to creating an Inclusive Halloween from Connecting for Kids
• Halloween Tips from NCHPAD
• Looking for inspiration for creating a More Inclusive Halloween? from Catholic Charities.
• 7 Ways to Make Halloween Inclusive for Kids with Disabilities from HuffPost

SENSORY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN:
• Creat a sensory-friendly Halloween costume Patch.com shares great tips to keep in mind for individual with Sensory Proessing Disorder (SPD).

• Sensory-Friendly Halloween costumes from Pintrest
  
• 6 DIY Sensory-Friendly Halloween Costumes courtesy of Understood.org
• 100 Spooky and Fun Halloween Activities from Autistic Mama
  

ALLERGY AND FOOD ISSUE-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN
• Everything you need for an Allergy Inclusive Halloween, from Day in Our Shoes.
• FARE's Teal Pumpkin Project and how you can participate
• Ideas for non-food treats, from the Teal Pumpkin Project
• Halloween editon of the Safe Snack Guide
• 50 Allery Friendly Halloween Treats from Kids are a Trip
• Scary-Good Allergy Friendly Halloween Recipes
  

ANXIETY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN
Remember to make Halloween fun, not fearful

• A list of great tips, aimed at the sweet spot of Halloween fun.
• 25 Not-scary Halloween Movies
• Turn Fears into Fun with insights and tips from the American Autism Association
• Stress FreeKids offers Halloween Tis to Avoid Meltdowns

COSTUMES FOR WHEELCHAIR & MOBILITY DEVICES
• Wheelchair and seizure helmet Halloween costume ideas from A Day in Our Shoes.
• Kudos for Target for including Adaptive costumes, check them out!
• 23 Adaptive Costumes to Buy or DIY from Parents Magazine.
• Magic Wheelhcair builds costumes for kids in wheelchairs at no cost to their parents
• 228 Best Wheelchair Costumes from Pintrest.
• Coolest Homemade Costumes brings more than 80 Wheelchair and Mobility Device costume ideas
• And if you need adaptive costume ideas for a pet, check this out.

Still stuck for ideas, go back to our Halloween Costume Closet and open another door...