5 Hacks To SURVIVE A Pumpkin Patch With AUTISM (Halloween)

5 Hacks To SURVIVE A Pumpkin Patch 🎃 With AUTISM (Halloween) 👻

This is how YOU can have a successful time and how to survive a pumpkin patch 🎃 with an autistic person 🧩.

Halloween can be a stressful time for anyone on the spectrum 😫 and this includes family members of people on the autism spectrum.

Some people really enjoy this holiday season 💀👻 but also some people on the spectrum find it overwhelming and upsetting.

One of the biggest outings around halloween is the pumpkin patch 🎃 trip to get your family pumpkins for the house.

Pumpkin patches can be crazy places, busy with families 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦and loud noises 🎧 from farming equipment and animals living on the land.

I have created 5 simple hacks to make sure this trip to the pumpkin patch is not triggering ✅ for the autistic individual within the family, and help everyone have a good time. 

I hope these help you 😁 and this year you have a more fun and relaxing pumpkin patch visit.


1. Planning Ahead 📝:
Planning ahead of any trip, journey 🚃or outing will be the best thing you do. Days out with the family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 can be challenging but if you make a plan of what you are going to do and what you expect to do, you will be at ease with the trip✅.

2. Prepare Lunch & Snacks 🍕:
A big game changer is the preparation of food for lunch 🥗🌯 and snacks. If you are stuck somewhere or in traffic 🚗 and you can’t get to a food outlet🏪, stress and anxiety can rise. If you prep the food you will be able to solve this issue 👦🏻. 

3. Be Aware Of Surroundings 🏞:  
In lots of pumpkin patches 🎃 there will be lots of people and potentially lots of noise ‼️. This can be from faming equipment 🚜 and or farm animals🐓. Knowing and preparing for this will help an autistic person understand what to expect.

4. Bring A Change Of Clothes 👕👖:
At most events for pumpkin patches 🎃 and halloween events in general there may be rides and fun activities for people to use 🎠. That being said it is beneficial to bring a change of clothes👔🧢, especially if the person on the spectrum only likes certain clothing, and you can potentially get your clothes dirty 🧼.

5. Have Fun 😁:



































Remember to have fun! This is what it is all about, after getting everything above into practice, 😬 just use the time to have fun and enjoy the event, or day out.


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