My 6 year old son, who celebrates despite autism, GOT IT this year. He chose a costume, He excitedly tried it on, He asked to make sure I packed it for school. He ran around the house tonite bossing me around "costume on", "basket", "wings on", "go out". My husband said our son was running down the sidewalk toward our neighbors' homes (I stayed to hand out candy with our 2 year old who is still trying to come to terms with the scary part of Halloween). He knocked, he tried to say "trick or treat".
He stood by the window when he got home and let us know more kids were coming to the door by signing "more friends, more friends".
Sure he won't eat the candy, the costume is a MAJOR sensory hurdle (that he tolerated), he fretted about the pumpkins and if they were still lit. But it was so different from last year - in a good way.
Time to celebrate with a glass of red.