This is where things get a little more complicated.

Unlike the teal pumpkin, a blue Halloween bucket does not have one universally recognized, official meaning.

Blue buckets have been shared online as an informal way to raise awareness of autism or to indicate that a child may be autistic, may communicate differently, or may have other needs.

Autism-focused Halloween resources do encourage families to consider ways of helping autistic children communicate differently during trick-or-treating. For example, Autism Speaks notes that some autistic