Hey {{first_name | Friend}}! 👋

Hope Mid-Term Break was kind to you, and that at least one person in your house is excited about Monday. Thursday is heading for 21 degrees and Halloween looks dry and mild, so this might be the rare year the costume doesn't disappear under a snowsuit. 🎃

A relaxed concert where getting up and stimming are welcome, a quiet one-on-one Santa visit you can book next week, and a holiday swim with quieter music. Plus a calm Halloween list and a Diwali afternoon at the library.

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📍 Toronto Meridian Hall · SAT Nov 7 · 10:30 to 11:30 AM, doors 10 AM · 💰 $6.85, refunded when you attend

An hour of Métis fiddle music and song, set up for disabled and neurodivergent listeners: make noise, get up or stim, with ear defenders, weighted pillows, fidgets, a break area and a visual schedule. All ages. → Get tickets

📍 Newmarket Upper Canada Mall · SUN Nov 15 or SUN Nov 22 · 8:30 to 10:30 AM, before the mall opens · 💰 Free (photo packages extra)

Autism Ontario's quiet time with Santa: five-minute one-on-one visits for autistic kids and their siblings. Registration opens MON Nov 2 at 12 PM, first come first served; pick one date only (Nov 22 page). → Register

📍 King City Zancor Centre · TUE Nov 17 · 6:30 to 8:30 PM, arrive any time · 💰 Free

A holiday swim with reduced capacity and quieter music, run by CTN with the Township of King for kids with disabilities or developmental needs. Register in advance. → Register

Fri Oct 30 to Sun Nov 1

📍 Vaughan Vellore Village Library · SUN Nov 1 · 2 to 4 PM · 💰 Free

Stories, songs and activities for the Festival of Lights, a week before Diwali on Nov 8. For kids and families. → Details

📍 Markham Meet at 7277 14th Ave (the A-frame oTENTik) · SAT Oct 31 · 10 AM to 12 PM · 💰 Free

A Parks Canada family walk with light Halloween stories about the park's wildlife. 3 to 5 km at an easy pace, some hills. Costumes and dogs welcome; cancelled in bad weather. → Details

Mon Nov 2 to Sun Nov 22

📍 Richmond Hill Crock A Doodle, Elgin Mills Rd E · FRI Nov 20 · 10 AM or 11 AM · 💰 $5 per child

An Autism Ontario morning for York families on the Nov 20 PA Day (both YRDSB and YCDSB). Kids paint a plate and pick it up 10 days later. Registration opens THU Nov 5 at 12 PM (11 AM session). → Register

📍 Richmond Hill The Wave Pool · SAT Nov 21 · 5:45 to 7:45 PM · 💰 $5 per person

A private evening swim for autistic kids and their families, with the waves and the 100 ft slide. Max 6 tickets a family. Note: the pool is echoey. → Register

📍 Toronto Evergreen Brick Works · SUN Nov 22 · 10 to 11 AM · 💰 Free ($20 suggested donation)

A small guided walk through the valley where families use their senses to notice the season changing. The last date of the year; registration required. → Register

And on the horizon: CTN's sensory-friendly holiday movie at Imagine Cinemas Promenade, Thornhill, THU Nov 26, 5:30 PM (register early).

Small, scare-free and inclusive, Oct 30 to Nov 1

📍 Newmarket Upper Canada Mall · SAT Oct 31 · 10 AM to 12 PM · 💰 Free

Autism Ontario's morning of trick-or-treating at participating stores, plus cookie decorating, a Halloween storytime and crafts. For autistic kids and their siblings. Registration required, limited tickets, max 3 a family. → Register

📍 Toronto Toronto Railway Museum, Roundhouse Park · FRI Oct 30 to SUN Nov 1 · 12 to 5 PM · 💰 $8 kids, $18 adults, under 4 free

A pumpkin train craft, a scavenger hunt with Halloween prizes and a train simulator. On the weekend, one of the last mini train rides of the season ($10 a rider). Costumes welcome. → Details

📍 Richmond Hill Central Library, Kids' Corner · SAT Oct 31 · 2 to 4 PM · 💰 Free

A drop-in Halloween crafts table for families on the afternoon before trick-or-treating. → Details

📍 Newmarket Mulock Park, Heritage Lawn · SUN Nov 1 · drop-off 3 to 6 PM, showcase 6:30 to 8:30 PM · 💰 Free

Bring your carved or painted pumpkin for one more night, then walk the lit-up showcase and vote for favourites. Bring a food pantry donation if you can. → Details

📍 King City Dog Tales Rescue and Sanctuary · SUN Nov 1 · 💰 $5

A Halloween open house at the 50-acre dog rescue and horse sanctuary. Buy tickets ahead online or at the main office, and leave your own pets at home. → Get tickets

📍 Toronto Bata Shoe Museum · SUN Nov 1 · 12 to 4 PM · 💰 Free (Sunday admission)

Halloween crafts, a trick-or-treat scavenger hunt through the museum, iSpy cards and a shoe try-on station. Costumes welcome. → Details

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Stella

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