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Autism Halloween Guide (ESSENTIAL) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So autism and Halloween can be super difficult.
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  Here's my essential guide. Let's get into it.
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  Don't go anywhere guys. What's going on?
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  Welcome back to the aspy world. My name is Danny.
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  I have autism and ADHD and I absolutely love helping autistic
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  people reach their full potential.
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  I love Halloween, Probably one of my favorite holidays and on
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  my son loves Halloween. I know so many people who just.
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  I love Halloween because it's like one of those cool holidays,
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  right? It's just not to get to do
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  crazy. Stephanie Candy, It's not always
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  easy for artistic people to enjoy Halloween.
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  I know here it's kind of crazy. We probably get maybe 100 to
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  200, you know, trick or treaters on the night coming here.
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  And you know, we decorate the house and there's a whole lot of
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  stuff that goes into it. So that being said, it's not
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  always easy to navigate around what to do in Halloween, how to
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  prep and how to prepare. This is why I'm giving you this
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  video. So the first thing I would say
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  is that you need to choose the right costume.
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  Now this means you're going to choose a costume that's not
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  triggering for yourself or your for for the child that you have
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  on the awesome spectrum. It's century pleasing, so the
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  material is century pleasing. You're not going to get
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  irritated by being too hot in it.
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  It's not too fuzzy, it doesn't make noises, doesn't light up.
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  All these things have to be come into consideration when you're
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  picking your costume. If you're going to make it
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  yourself, maybe have your child or yourself.
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  You make the costume so that you know exactly what's going into
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  it, how you can get out of it easy, you know, you know the way
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  around it. Also, I would definitely say
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  wear it a couple all the time. She was around the house before
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  actually putting it on for Halloween.
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  You need to get used to something before using it.
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  And I did this last year. I was a dragon.
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  My whole family were all Dragons and but we all got COVID just
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  before Halloween. Even though I was better, my son
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  was better. My partner, she still had COVID.
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  So it was just me and my son going out as Dragons on
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  Halloween. It was really good.
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  It was really warm. But I was so glad that I wore
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  the dragon outfit in the house first for a little bit, because
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  if I hadn't done that, I would have been a bit kind of like,
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  oh, it was just, it was was quite a hot uniform.
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  So I knew that I didn't have to wear shorts underneath or a
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  T-shirt. I just put the thing on.
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  But if I hadn't done that, I would definitely put shorts and
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  T-shirt on and I would be like so hot walking like the entire
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  block, just, you know, collecting candy.
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  And we had so much candies to bring back.
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  So definitely make sure that costume, you know, preparation
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  is #1. OK, so the next thing is
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  preparing for trick or treating. Now this can be done in both
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  ways that you prepare yourself that you know that kids are
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  going to come to the door. What we did after a certain time
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  is we left a bowl of like candy and sweets and stuff on a table
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  with a with like a scary skeleton saying please take one
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  and this camera is all over the place.
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  So like it's not like the kids could have trashed out lawn or
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  anything like that or a car. And so preparing for that was
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  probably super interesting because it allowed me to relax
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  knowing that I wasn't going to get disturbed after a certain
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  time because I prepared. I prepared that.
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  Yes, I'll until the daughter trick or treat is up until like
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  8:00 at night. And then everybody after that.
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  We'll just kind of have to deal with the fact that it's late
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  enough that, you know, we'll be chilling out for our evening and
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  watching the Halloween scary movies.
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  And then the kids can just take the candy as they come.
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  Because again, we live in a very busy state.
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  There's a lot of kids here and there's a lot of trick or
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  treated around. If you have a child and you want
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  to prepare them for for Halloween, if they're on the
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  autism spectrum, then I would definitely watch videos and
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  trick or treating, how it's done, the language, the lingo,
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  what is meant by trick or treat, maybe a little bit about the
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  history of it. The more context and detail you
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  can give somebody about this, the more ease they will have and
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  actually following through and doing those things because
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  they'll feel more like relaxed because they know more about it.
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  They'll be more in control of what that is.
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  And so trick or treating can be really fun.
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  But also you just want to make sure that you're doing it right.
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  Right. OK.
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  So the next one is sensory considerations.
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  Now this is basically about your house and where you're planning
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  to go. Is the environment that you live
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  in going to be decorated for Halloween?
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  And if so, is that going to be century pleasing for century
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  seekers or is it going to be sensory, you know, annoying for
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  people who are sensory avoiders? Now I would highly recommend
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  checking out some examples of like sensory muted houses for
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  Halloween or awesome friendly houses of Halloween on Google.
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  And you probably find a bunch of different people who have made
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  soft lights, not scaring, loud noises, no disco lights, you
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  know, all that kind of stuff. And also the environment you
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  going to go visit. Are you planning to go to a
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  party? Well, think about the
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  decorations are going to have that.
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  Think about the, I don't know, the lighting or the sounds and
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  the music and stuff. Just prepare.
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  Prepare yourself or your child for those events in that area.
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  Anyway, let's get back to the video.
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  OK, so the next thing I would say is communicate with your
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  neighbours and friends. Now, if you have neighbours in
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  the area, you know if you're going to be trick or treating to
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  just your neighbours, we'll make them aware that maybe your child
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  on the auto inspection might need some help.
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  Or you may need some help if you know you're going to a friend's
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  house or a party. If you're going to your family's
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  house for a party. If your neighbours are having a
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  street party or next door is having a party.
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  Make them aware of your needs and your worries and your
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  concerns, because they may be able to accommodate some of
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  those things as well. Because at the end of the day,
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  nobody's evil, right? Every hundred months have a good
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  time. So as long as you communicate
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  clearly to people what your needs are and what you kind of
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  maybe would need help with, then they're going to be able to
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  accommodate that. I can guarantee see that people
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  are just wanting you to communicate a bit more.
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  This is super vital and super awesome.
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  OK. So the last thing I'll talk
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  about here is setting realistic expectations.
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  You can't expect that everybody is going to just be all quiet on
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  Halloween. I mean, it's just, it's
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  Halloween, isn't it? Everyone's going to have a good
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  time, everyone going to be partying and doing all these
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  things. So you have to set a realistic
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  expectation, expect that, yes, it's going to take a little
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  longer to get around the streets if you're kind of avoiding
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  certain houses. Oh, it's going to take a little
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  bit longer to go see friends if you're having to kind of avoid
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  certain busier times, etcetera. So always think about your
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  expectations for how the night is going to go or how the day is
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  going to go, because a lot of people do parties during the day
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  as well as the night. So just set a realistic goal,
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  set a realistic expectation and that would be super awesome.
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  Now guys, if you have anything to add to help this community,
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  pop in a comment down below and read every single one.
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  Give this video a thumbs up and share it if you think this is
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  golden for somebody to get help. All right.
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  I'll see you in the next one.