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Junk science travesty

Junk science travesty

Children may carry blue buckets on Halloween to indicate an autism diagnosis. Some parents say while the trend is well-intentioned, it's harmful.

Some activists have criticized a viral push by some parents for children with autism to use blue buckets on Halloween as potentially stigmatizing.

The scariest thing about Halloween shouldn’t be trick or treating. If you see someone on your front porch carrying a blue pumpkin—or see a home with a blue pumpkin display—that is a sign that this particular trick-or-treater may be non-speaking or living with autism spectrum disorder. Not every kid can handle saying “Trick or Treat!” let alone answering questions about their costumes or saying please and thank you for the candy that has been offered by a kind...

Noa, 6, will be out trick or treating with his secret autism weapon - a blue bucket.

The scariest thing about Halloween shouldn’t be trick or treating. If you see someone on your front porch carrying a blue pumpkin—or see a home with a blue pumpkin display—that is a sign that this particular trick-or-treater may be non-speaking or living with autism spectrum disorder. Not every kid can handle saying “Trick or Treat!” let alone answering questions about their costumes or saying please and thank you for the candy that has been offered by a kind...

The blue bucket could deter questions about a child trick-or-treating with autism, a developmental condition caused by brain abnormalities that […] The post If your child has autism, consider a blue bucket this Halloween appeared first on TheGrio.

If you've ever seen a blue pumpkin during spooky season, there could be an important educational reason for this.

Blue Halloween buckets while trick-or-treating is a way to show that the child has autism and may not be comfortable talking.