School Halloween Party
Today we get to flash forward and see Mikey at a Halloween party in high school. Although this was a couple of years ago, it feels pretty current, since Mikey has decided he wants to be cookie monster again this year. He’ll only be dressing up at school because he has opted out of his school’s trunk-or-treat event and he had stopped trick-or-treating a while ago.
Activities like these can fill the social void that sometimes comes when our kids are teens.
One More Thought:
Michael was over trick-or-treating, but if your child still enjoys it, I’d say go for it. A few moms started a movement a few years ago to have non-verbal or special needs trick-or-treaters carry a blue candy bucket (available on amazon). I’m not sure how much it has caught on, but if it was important to Mikey, I’d grab one and just also advocate for him along the way. At his age, I might carry printed cards to hand out along the way so the families we visited knew they helped to make his night happy. Here’s a possible example, in case this is helpful.
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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