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
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