2021 October News

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Too Little Too Late? CCCS Finally Does Something to Address the State's Covid Mandates

Republished from A Coloradoan In Education. Published 10/7/21.

https://acoloradoanineducation.blogspot.com/2021/10/too-little-too-late-cccs-finally-does.html

So previously I had talked about how CCCS was just openly ignoring things released by the state. Joe Garcia finally decided to do something…. the date was set as September 20^th by the state and here it is October 7^th that there is finally some word that CCCS will sort of follow the state employee mandates. The only good thing is that they are expanding it to include students. So the state guideline had said that employees that were not vaccinated would have to do testing two times a week. Well, CCCS is now saying that that it will only require a once weekly test if you are not vaccinated. Then there is also a question of how this will be tracked… I have some ideas on how this will work, but trying to get there is going to be messy due to limitations with technology and data. 

Anyway, this is still fresh from the press so you can look at it.

Accessible Costumes 2021

 

This is the first year that I have seen a formal release of accessible costumes. A lot of places are referring to them as "Adaptive Halloween Costumes," so you may need this wording when doing your own searches In most cases these costumes are not cheap, but most costumes now are day are ridiculously priced any way for their quality or lack thereof. The great thing though is that you can find them not only online, but also in the stores. The prices I have seen run anywhere from $9.99 for basic chair accessories to $100 for the fuller covers.

Disney 

(https://www.shopdisney.com/halloween-shop/costumes/adaptive-costumes/):

The nice thing is that some of the Disney ones are on sale right now. It looks like these are more in kid sizes. There is also a warning on these that the person in the wheelchair loses the ability to push themselves and they must have someone push them. Below is an example of the info they provide for the Cinderella's Coach:

Target

(https://www.target.com/c/adaptive-halloween-costumes/-/N-66yhm?Nao=0):

Some of what stores are calling "adaptive" costumes are just costumes with less fabric that won't get caught in the wheels or additional holes/flaps for tube access, so keep this in mind when buying costumes. On Target's site I had to search for both "adaptive costumes" and "wheelchair costumes."

 

Then some of the wheelchair covers are being sold as multipurpose for either bike or wheelchair. I was able to find some of these in person at one of the smaller Targets in the Denver Metro area.

https://www.target.com/p/light-up-pumpkin-wheel-cover-halloween-costume-accessory-set-hyde-38-eek-boutique-8482/-/A-81565112

Party City

(https://www.partycity.com/search?q=wheelchair+costumes&lang=en_US):

They are carrying a lot of the same ones that were above, but had a few others.

Halloweencostumes.com

(https://www.halloweencostumes.com/adaptive-costumes.html?q=wheelchair%20costumes&PCID=20&utm_source=Skimlinks&utm_medium=affiliate&network=CJ&affiliate_id=5370367&link_id=10870827&cjevent=0100a96823fc11ec82b1bbac0a1c0e12):

This site as well had many of the same options as the top 2 and then added a few more.

Spirit Halloween

(https://www.spirithalloween.com/catalog/search.cmd?q=wheelchair+costumes&form_state=searchForm&keyword=wheelchair+costumes&affiliate_id=21181&utm_campaign=AFF%3APJ&utm_source=pepperjam&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_inex=e&utm_content=2-236930&click_id=3713799977&clickId=3713799977):

They actually had the smallest selection with only 3 on their site....

Picture 1 from: https://www.themainstreetmouse.com/2021/08/16/disney-expands-adaptive-costumes-and-wheelchair-cover-sets-unveils-full-2021-halloween-lineup/