Accessible Halloween Costumes 2026

 

This year in stores was a total desert of accessible costumes. I couldn't even find wheel covers or the wagon covers that you could modify to go on related equipment. There are trends where costumes follow political agendas and right now like many different groups, those with disabilities are losing both their rights and visibility. This is reflected in the products you can find in stores. In the past places like Target even had cute Halloween decorations that helped bring the disability life to the decorations, even if it was a little bit of a stereotype. 

The above vampire sitting in a wheelchair is an example from a past year of a Target find. I remember being so happy when I saw it, but visuals like this have disappeared. So when trying to find accessible costumes this year I was not surprised that they were missing in stores. What little representation had been gained had been erased.

Most of the costumes I found online were just the same ones from previous years and you can check out my past articles for info on those.

Target

https://www.target.com/c/adaptive-halloween-costumes/-/N-66yhm

Most of their accessible costumes this year were either cape/poncho based or more focused on accessories and not really the base. This is a roll back from previous year's offerings. They did have a few costumes that were for full wheelchair cover or that included wheelchair covers.

Then new this year was this:

https://www.target.com/p/adult-barn-costume-headpiece-160-hyde-and-eek-boutique-8482-one-size/-/A-94877630#lnk=sametab

Because we all know that a costume that only involves the head is great to hide the rest of your body...sorry about the sarcasm, but really? This costume is just a barn that fits over your head. Yes they do have the model wearing farmer like clothes under it, I guess you could just wear all black as well... I guess head wear only could count as a costume....but yah, I just have issues with this being one of their "adaptive" focused costumes. Only the head matters and the rest of the body can be forgotten... The only way I see this one maybe working is if you could find an animal nose and be the animal sticking out of the barn.

Rolling Buddies

https://www.rollingbuddies.com/collections/halloween-costumes

This site specializes in adaptive only clothing and costumes. Their prices are on the higher end, but they have a good diversity of products in one place. Also not the best looking, but at least they are trying.

Halloween Express

https://www.halloweenexpress.com/costumes/adaptive-a1-560518+3435-1.fltr

Some good deals can be found here. Somewhat limited options. Nothing really stood out to me as new or exciting this year.

HalloweenCostumes.com

https://www.halloweencostumes.com/adaptive-costumes.html?q=Adaptive%20Costume

When I checked their site a lot were either sold out or discontinued. Super low options when compared to previous years.

To all those looking for an accessible/adaptive costume, good luck this year. If nothing else this reduction in costumes just means that you can let your creativity show this year by making your own. I would recommend Pinterest if you need costume ideas.

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VA Continues to Hurt Ex-employees

 

So the latest from the VA is that disabled employees who were kicked to the curb for having ADA accommodations that allowed them to work from home are not being able to get fair trials with the EEOC.

Example: An employee how had a fit to work test (see pervious article about this) weaponized against them was forced to retire from daily harassment and discrimination. While in the EEOC investigation their witnesses were never interviewed. They were assigned a Texas judge that would not step back from the case due to their political standing, and the judge said it was their right not to had the case to another judge. The employee had evidence that the judge would not acknowledge, even an official finding that their manager had been found in an investigation by the VA to have discriminated/harassed the employee. The judge played around with what the word "substantiated" mentioned to try and get the finding to match their cherry picked cases. If a judge does not understand important words like substantiated then not only should they not be a judge, but any degrees they have earned should be stripped from them. I can say this as someone that has worked in education for over 20 years. Just because they have the paper to back them doesn't mean that the have the knowledge or ethical backbone to support it. The judge blocked the employee from even getting a hearing where the VA staff would have had to account for the clear lies presented in the evidence and for their violations of HR SOPs. Without a hearing there is no accountability and the Texas judge knows it. I explained the situation to my two best friends who are Texan conservative Catholics. They asked me what part of Texas the judge was linked to. I looked it up and when I told them Dallas, they said that explained it all. When even people that fit into the other political side are calling BS, then you know how messed up something is.

There will be a fight to have both accountability from both the VA and the corrupt people that are allowing them to do harm. I know that this is a small blog, even compared to my other blogs in relation to foot traffic, but I want to help give a voice to those who have been hurt. If you are a veteran or an ex-employee of the VA who was hurt by the VA or had the EEOC try to silence you, I want to share your story. They should not get way with hurting people and only through sharing your story will the collective voice get louder. Many are fighting for even basic survival right now due to this harm.

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