bucket can be associated with autism awareness or different communication needs, but there is no universal standard behind the color.

Most importantly, neither color should become a reason to make assumptions about a child.

Halloween should be fun.

It should be welcoming.

And every child deserves the chance to knock on a door, hold out their bucket, and feel like they belong.

So this Halloween, if you see that little teal pumpkin glowing beside someone’s front door—or a child arriving with a blue bucket—maybe you’ll look at it a little