Did autism prevent you from Trick-or-treating?

Post Reply New Topic

I went trick-or-treating when I was a child. I enjoyed it. I can still remember the condensation inside those hard plastic masks back then, and you hoped that the little elastic cord didn't break holding it on.

One time I discovered my trick-or-treat became suddenly lighter. To my horror, it had been dragging the ground and had worn a hole in the bottom of it. My candy vanished and became treats for the neighborhood canines and felines.

Another time I knocked on a door, and an elderly man was handing out apples rather than candy. Loudly, I turned toward Mom and yelled, "That man gave me an old apple!! !"

Once back home I would sort out my candies and arrange them in neat rows according to my classication system. Then I would eat .

I trick-or-treated til I was 18 and I would have kept it up into my 20s, but none of my friends wanted to anymore Honestly I wish I could still go trick-or-treating now!

I used to make lots of cool costumes for myself, usually revolving around whatever special interest I had at the time. My favorite was when I dressed as the bearded woman. I was interested in sideshows. My costume was a beard made of craft grass and glued to my face (I wound up getting a terrible rash. I have little common sense) and a board hanging around my neck which was basically my advertisement. I used a baby photo of myself and drew a beard on it. It was great

Certainly and at the other side, I never will answer the door to anyone either.

I trick-or-treated until I was 11, I am not a big candy eater, so it wasn't that big of deal. I can remember what I went as each year.

3: Black cat
4: Butterfly
5: Eeyore
6: Sunflower
7: Black cat
8: Witch
9: Princess
10: Ferryboat
11: Princess cat

I stopped after that BUT.................

12: I wore I shirt that said "I'm with neurotypical" and had an arrow pointing
13: Person who just got out of bed
14: I put a shirt on my head
15: (This year) Grandma (A nice one)

Last edited by ocdgirl123 on 26 Oct 2010, 10:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I trick-or-treated with my parents, even in high school. I love Halloween. I would still go trick-or-treating with my parents now, but people would think that was weird because I'm in my twenties.

I didn't like it when people asked me questions, though. I just liked the decorations and walking around at nighttime.

i always loved getting candy but hating ringing the doorbell or being first at the door for some reason.

I never got to trick or treat because of Halloween's origins.

When I was a kid, we didn't celebrate Halloween in Denmark (people have started to do this within the last 10 years or so), but at Shrovetide we have a similar custom, dressing up and going from door to door, singing a song with a similar meaning to the "trick or treat" concept:

"Shrovetide is my name,
buns do I want,
if I get no buns,
then I'll make trouble.
Buns up, buns down,
buns in my belly.
If I get no buns,
then I'll make trouble."

Usually we didn't get buns though, but money or candy.
I used to enjoy this as a kid.

Last year some kids (not dressed up) came to my door and said "trick or treat", and I may have looked a bit confused, but then they said "it's Halloween". Oh yes, I forgot that or never thought about it because I wasn't used to that custom. But I had some chocolate I could give them.

So American Halloween is taking over the world?

My mother prevented me from trick-or-treating. But I used to watch out the windows and tally kids' costume preferences, and then do the math to figure out what costumes were the favorites that year. "Princess" almost always came out first for girls. Boys were different, year to year...

most of the time i stayed in and gave sweets to the trick-or-treaters.

Yes, apparently.....

Last time I went trick-or-treating, I was 16; haven't gone since. I went with two of my friends; we did it to be ironic. We took a bus to another town, to avoid being seen by anyone from our high school. I wore a sheer black veil (cut out from pantyhose I asked my mom to buy) and a hoodie. My friends did the same. Not proper costumes, but oh well. To our surprise, people at the houses we went to were friendly, since we acted peacefully, didn't make trouble, and said "thank you" each time. We rode the bus back with big bags full of candy. My parents weren't thrilled, but didn't mind; they were just glad I started making friends at school. Before then, I went with my parents when I was little, then stopped after age 10 because I had no friends go with.

I didn't realize it wasn't worldwide. I mean, All Saint's Day is a Catholic thing, and that exists wherever Christianity does; so you'd assume that Halloween would be pretty prevalent too...

I celebrated Halloween, but I was brought up in quite an old-fashioned, British way. I didn't go trick or treating because my parents didn't when they were children. It's not a tradition, here. I did have parties and remember the dead at that time.

I liked trick or treating cause we didn't get candy but on Halloween, Christmas or Easter. I liked dressing up but some of my costumes were not thought out too good. I could not maneuver as good as my brother. He always had simple ideas. I don't care for the gorey stuff like zombies and entrails. I enjoy giving out candy but my kid doesn't go out now because the houses seem too scary.