50 People Whose Disabilities Didn’t Stop Them From Enjoying Halloween To The Fullest (New Pics)
Adapting to life with a disability is never easy, and everyone needs to find their own ways of how to cope with limitations and overcome challenges.
But as you might've seen in our previous article, some people can summon the strength for these difficult tasks even in something as simple as a Halloween costume.
So with everything that we've been through this year, we at Bored Panda decided it's time to revisit this wholesome topic and pay tribute to those who choose to celebrate their differences and use them as resources for especially creative costumes.
After all, these folks embody what we all so desperately need right now. Perseverance.
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Its My First Halloween As A Double Below The Knee Amputee And My Husband And I Went As Forrest Gump And Lieutenant Dan
Last Year I Did Several Halloween Costumes And This One Is Honestly One Of My Favorites. I Want To Wear My Skeleton Hand Around All The Time
My Son Is 4 With Cerebral Palsy. Every Year My Wife Builds Him A Costume To Go On His Wheelchair. He's Obsessed With Polar Express So This Year He Went As A Train Engineer
One of the people who has helped Halloween make tremendous leaps in inclusivity is US motivational speaker, comedian, writer, and former Paralympian, Josh Sundquist. Every year, he dresses up in a costume that makes use of his disability. In 2020, he transformed into Baby Groot from Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy.'
Josh said that his main 'addiction' in life is making people laugh. "As addictions go, this is a pretty good one. It has very few side effects. And it's free (other than the annual cost of building a Halloween costume)," he told Bored Panda earlier.
Wheelchair Zombie Escaping The Grave Costume I Made For My Daughter
My Son Is In A Wheelchair. I Turned It Into BB8 And Took Him To Hollywood Studios. Here Is The BB8chair Build
My Wife Dressed Up As Lara Croft For Halloween. She's An Amputee So She Improvised
Back in high school, Sundquist didn't want anyone to find out that he was missing a leg, so he wore a prosthesis at all times. However, he eventually became more comfortable with who he is and what he looks like, and his Halloween costumes are a way to celebrate just that.
Sundquist also shared some advice for everyone who's currently struggling with their own problems. "If you're carrying a heavy burden, you have three options: you can hold on a little longer, you can find someone to share the load, or you can decide it's time to let go. All three are equally valid. Wisdom is choosing the best one for this particular moment," he said.
Awesome Pirates Of The Caribbean Wheelchair Costume
Here Is One Of Our Favorite Halloween Costumes
When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Awesome Halloween Costumes
So far, Sundquist has embodied Gingy the Gingerbread Man from Shrek, a flamingo, a foosball player, Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast, Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, the incredibly famous Pixar lamp, and others. We can't wait to see what he has planned for this year.
As for all of you who are still unsure about who or what to dress as for the spooky occasion, I hope these pictures will inspire you not to get rid of your unique attributes when developing your Halloween look but to accentuate them. Good luck!
Brandon's Dad Turned His Wheelchair Into A Tie Fighter For Halloween
This Girl In My Town Has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, And Her Parents Made Her A Cinderella Carriage Around Her Wheelchair
Lady Deadpool
Our First Halloween Costume As A Married Couple
Hooray, I Won The Costume Contest At Work
Deserved! That's also impressively just the right size stuffed animal for this.
"My Dog Doesn't Bite." Happy Halloween
Can Your Friends Do This?
Throwback To Halloween 2016
Oh Snap! Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween From Aladdin And Abu
Turned My Wheelchair Into The Iron Throne For Halloween
It's So Worth It. Hearing Other Kids After Seeing Caleb In His Costume, Say "That's The Coolest Costume I've Ever Seen"
Turned My Son's Wheelchair Into The Millennium Falcon
That's Not Really A Tree. It's A Man Dressed As A Tree. And Get This: That's Not Really Santa! It's A Dog Dressed As Santa
Black Panther Wheelchair Costume
Wait, There's A Human Inside That Lamp
My Friend And I Are Both In Wheelchairs So We Did A Mario Kart Group Costume This Halloween
I Don't Know If It's Held Up After A Full Day Of Teaching, But Here's My Sally Costume
Simply The Best
Sam Was Single-Minded About What He Wanted To Be This Year For Halloween. He Knew He Wanted To Be A Bunny And The Wheelchair Had To Be A Carrot
I Am Groot
Amputee Halloween Is The Best
Unfortunately Not A Real Harpoon But I Made This One
My Friend Built A Halo Warthog Costume For A Boy In A Wheelchair, Since He Lives At The Hospital And Doesn't Get Out To Play Much
This will make life a whole lot more fun! And tomorrow he's going to be driving it in a parade.
Ice Cream Costume
Confusing Trick-Or-Treaters With A Posable Skeleton Arm For The Last 2 Years
Lord Vader Is Pleased With Papaws Work On The Tie Fighter Advanced. He Out Did Himself On The Wheelchair Costume This Year
Wheelchair Costume
Throwback To 2 Years Ago When I Was The Victim Of A Shark Attack For My First Halloween As An Amputee
Did You Help Your Clients Out With Halloween This Year?
Guy In My School Was Confined To A Wheelchair. Great Spirit For His Dressing Up
Fantastic Use Of His Stand Up Wheelchair
John's Arrowhead Patrick Mahomes' Wheelchair Costume Turned Out Incredible
3-Year-Old King Bran Stark In Epic Wheelchair Costume
Every Year My Wife Makes My Son A Costume For His Wheelchair. This Year He Is Hiro Riding Baymax From The Movie Big Hero 6
Happy Halloween From The Invisible Man
Here’s My Favorite Cheetah Costume On My Cheetah Legs
I'm Planning On Doing That Version Eventually
My Son Has Cerebral Palsy And Is In A Wheelchair. So My Wife Made Him A Paw Patrol Vehicle For Halloween
My Coworker Is An Amputee. This Was Her Costume
Cilindric The German From The Asterix And Obelix
After Learning About The Magic Wheelchair Program At Nation Of Makers, Our Makerspace Built This Fire Truck For A Wheelchair Bound Kid’s Halloween Costume
Complete with working lights and bubbles. He loved it.
Man Uses Wheelchair To Create Ultimate Deadpool Cosplay At Oakcity Comiccon
The Halloween King
Guy Builds An Awesome Halloween Costume For His Son Who Is In A Wheelchair
Halloween 2019 In The Books
Jurassic Park Halloween 2019
Mommy Just Didn’t Have It In Her To Create A New Wheelchair Costume This Year. So We’ll Just Do A Throw Back To The Cutest Southwest Airlines Pilot Ever
I Got Into A Car Accident 2 Months Ago And Have To Be In A Wheelchair. So I Went With What I Had For My Costume. I Went As Professor X
I Turned My Son's Wheelchair Into A Digger For Halloween
My Aunt Decorated My Cousin And Her Wheelchair For Halloween
The Family That Fights Crime Together, Stays Together
When Your Niece Tells You To Dress As Ursula For Halloween
Star Wars Family Halloween With Wheelchair Xwing
Happy Halloween From The Wests
It's Not The Most Creative But Always Enjoy Using My Wheelchair As Part Of My Costume
My Son Has Cerebral Palsy And He Is In A Wheelchair. He Also Loves Mario Kart. So, I Made Him This For Halloween
I Love How My Friend's Family Always Does A Great Job Of Incorporating Their Son's Wheelchair Into His Costume. This Year Was Their Best Job Yet
that is so sweet and wholesome then you have that kid dressed as C3PO will now haunt my dreams
Another Great Halloween In The Books! Parade At School, A Halloween Party And Trick-Or-Treating With His Best Friends
It's O-Fish-Al I'm Going As Nemo For Halloween
Wheelchair Zamboni Costume
You Are What You Eat?
I Wanna Play A Game
Halloween 2013, The First Year I Dressed Up After Having My Arm Amputated
Happy Vegan Shark
Yes, good costume, but can we comment on how those apple snacks may be the cutest things ever?
Here’s A Blast From Spooky Season Past
For Halloween, I Wanted To Be Brienne Of Tarth. 2 Months Ago, I Suffered A Spinal Trauma That Left Me Unable To Use My Costume. I Got The Idea To Go As Iron Throne
My Daughter Is In A Wheelchair, So We Turned Her Into A Chef At The Stove For Halloween
Shark Attack! This Year's Amputee Halloween Costume
Gonna Be Hard To Top This Hershel From The Walking Dead Amputee Halloween Costume
My Dad Had To Have His Left Leg Foot Removed Earlier This Year So He “Jumped” At The Chance To Be A Pirate For Halloween
Took Advantage Of My Amputee-Ness And Went As Hershel For Halloween
I Was Hit By A Car When I Was 7 And Got Pretty Messed Up. I Was In A Wheelchair For A While, And Here's My Awesome Halloween Costume
Wheelchair Halloween Costume
Happy Halloween. Have Fun And Keep Warm Out There
Arrghh
My Two Friends On Halloween. The Knight Is In A Wheelchair
Seattle Slam Wheelchair Rugby Team Dressed As Mario Kart Characters
Wizard In A Wheelchair Enjoying Breakfast
Is It Too Late To Post An Amputee Halloween Costume?
I'm a full time wheelchair user and now I want to go to a costume party with all these amazing ideas!
I can't reply directly, so I'll say it here. Thai Ya Long: Get f****d.
No one should f**k him ever. He might reproduce and create more jerks.
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I love the sense of humor that went into these! I think people forget how important it is to find a fun spin to put on something that affects your life so much. Not all the time, obviously, I'm not talking toxic positivity here, but finding light in the dark, sappy as that sounds, is very important for managing the difficult times.
These are so amazing! I really hope anyone who has ever thought they can't have a kicka** costume for Halloween sees this and knows that they don't have to miss out on anything. So much creativity and happiness.
This may sound so f****** stupid, but am I the only person that wants to be an amputee? I know exactly what limb, where on the limb, and how I want it to look like. I know that it probably sounds really freaking selfish, but I can’t explain it, I just really crave for my completely healthy limb amputated. Can someone help me here? It’s just an odd thing, I feel REALLY envious of when I see someone with an amputation. Again, I’m sorry with how selfish this sounds. Also, it is SUPER scary to talk to anyone about this in person, and to me, the internet is a safe place.
This is a psychiatric problem. Please talk to your physician. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19132621/
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Someof the big ones seem like a bit much. Like they were more for the designer then the wearer. Could you imagine trying to trck or treat in a parade float?
Yeah, I was kind of thinking that too. A lot of the chair costumes for kids look like they would make the chairs *much* less maneuverable, and put a big-for-a-kid distance between the wearer and their friends. I mean, it's fine if kids in chairs decide they want an elaborate-but-cumbersome costume, like anyone else, but I'd like to see more examples of chair costumes that are still cool but let the kid move and interact to the extent of their abilities. It would be better if sitting in the middle of a refrigerator box being pushed by your parents was portrayed as one option among many, rather than the default way for kids on wheels to do Halloween. (No shade whatsoever on the individual families in the photos; I'm sure everyone is making right choices for their specific child's needs and wants, as well as the events being attended--maybe some of these costumes actually are for parades! But I'd like the compilers of listicles like this one to look for more varied types of chair costumes.)
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all the wheelchair ones are so cool! especially the ones the parents made for their kids. SO SWEET!!!
All these are super. I admire the creativity. And special - only a person with what we like to call a handicap would be able to do this. I hope you all win any costume contest you enter!
These costumes show so much more imagination and talent than the "manufactured for purchase" wheelchair costumes. I look forward to this submission every October!
These are some of my favorite costumes, not only because of the ridiculous creativity involved, but because over the years its been nice to see the inspiration for costumes for disabled spread. So many people look forward to seeing what Josh Sundquist will do this year and there are now groups to help children. It's amazing.
I kind of wish I had a wheelchair now, it’s way harder to carry around elaborate costumes like cars and thrones and such when you’re walking ☹️
I love when people take what life has given them and knock it out of the park!!! These are all awesome. Love it!
I'm a full time wheelchair user and now I want to go to a costume party with all these amazing ideas!
I can't reply directly, so I'll say it here. Thai Ya Long: Get f****d.
No one should f**k him ever. He might reproduce and create more jerks.
Load More Replies... I love the sense of humor that went into these! I think people forget how important it is to find a fun spin to put on something that affects your life so much. Not all the time, obviously, I'm not talking toxic positivity here, but finding light in the dark, sappy as that sounds, is very important for managing the difficult times.
These are so amazing! I really hope anyone who has ever thought they can't have a kicka** costume for Halloween sees this and knows that they don't have to miss out on anything. So much creativity and happiness.
This may sound so f****** stupid, but am I the only person that wants to be an amputee? I know exactly what limb, where on the limb, and how I want it to look like. I know that it probably sounds really freaking selfish, but I can’t explain it, I just really crave for my completely healthy limb amputated. Can someone help me here? It’s just an odd thing, I feel REALLY envious of when I see someone with an amputation. Again, I’m sorry with how selfish this sounds. Also, it is SUPER scary to talk to anyone about this in person, and to me, the internet is a safe place.
This is a psychiatric problem. Please talk to your physician. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19132621/
Load More Replies... Someof the big ones seem like a bit much. Like they were more for the designer then the wearer. Could you imagine trying to trck or treat in a parade float?
Yeah, I was kind of thinking that too. A lot of the chair costumes for kids look like they would make the chairs *much* less maneuverable, and put a big-for-a-kid distance between the wearer and their friends. I mean, it's fine if kids in chairs decide they want an elaborate-but-cumbersome costume, like anyone else, but I'd like to see more examples of chair costumes that are still cool but let the kid move and interact to the extent of their abilities. It would be better if sitting in the middle of a refrigerator box being pushed by your parents was portrayed as one option among many, rather than the default way for kids on wheels to do Halloween. (No shade whatsoever on the individual families in the photos; I'm sure everyone is making right choices for their specific child's needs and wants, as well as the events being attended--maybe some of these costumes actually are for parades! But I'd like the compilers of listicles like this one to look for more varied types of chair costumes.)
Load More Replies... all the wheelchair ones are so cool! especially the ones the parents made for their kids. SO SWEET!!!
All these are super. I admire the creativity. And special - only a person with what we like to call a handicap would be able to do this. I hope you all win any costume contest you enter!
These costumes show so much more imagination and talent than the "manufactured for purchase" wheelchair costumes. I look forward to this submission every October!
These are some of my favorite costumes, not only because of the ridiculous creativity involved, but because over the years its been nice to see the inspiration for costumes for disabled spread. So many people look forward to seeing what Josh Sundquist will do this year and there are now groups to help children. It's amazing.
I kind of wish I had a wheelchair now, it’s way harder to carry around elaborate costumes like cars and thrones and such when you’re walking ☹️
I love when people take what life has given them and knock it out of the park!!! These are all awesome. Love it!
