Halloween

Well it's that time of year again Halloween. We've had an interesting 8 years I must say.
Over the years my son has gone from thinking Halloween was a go visit people game where you ring the doorbell and bolt into someone's home...To ringing their bell and flashing a magnetic smile and saying nothing.

Now I can't say that our journey has gone without planking and noncooperation. It has indeed at times been a bit trying for Ari as he's gone through is various stages of what I call his "Autism Development". Last year we faced a separation issue where he decided he didn't like strange houses, this after years of telling him he can't force himself into people's houses to sit on their couch. This year we created a social story and hopefully he now understands that when he rings the doorbell, I'm not got going to leave him. So, I have no idea what's in store for us this Friday?  We took a test run at a chamber of commerce function today for little goblins and he muttered "going home going home", that is until he saw they were passing out Skittles.  Crossing my fingers for this Friday...lol!

For those of you who can relate to this story here's a links to Social Stories that you may find helpful.

http://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/halloween-social-story/

http://www.abilitypath.org/love-laugh--live/family-fun/halloween-social.pdf

http://www.ccsd.edu/files/filesystem/Going%20Trick%20or%20Treating.pdf