{"id":33730,"date":"2023-10-20T12:02:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=33730"},"modified":"2023-10-20T12:02:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:02:52","slug":"haunted-forest-is-chance-to-increase-accessibility-of-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/haunted-forest-is-chance-to-increase-accessibility-of-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted Forest is chance to increase accessibility of Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aurora\u2019s Haunted Forest will address accessibility issues when the event takes over Sheppard\u2019s Bush on October 28, and will also be an invitation to households to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need an assist on the night of the Haunted Forest, applicable residents can contact the Town\u2019s Special Events Department in advance with their requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will have on-site accessible parking and at the AFLC there will be a sensory room set up with sensory experiences available,\u201d says Shelley Ware, Special Events Coordinator for the Town of Aurora, noting that these experiences are available in groups and should be booked in advance. \u201cWe will be opening early [for those with accessibility needs] at Sheppard\u2019s Bush at 5.30 p.m., which will be a quieter walk-through for families that would prefer that type of setting. For us, the Bush experience is from 5.30 \u2013 9, and for the general public it\u2019s 6 \u2013 9, but we want to put in as much effort as we can to make it inclusive as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This inclusivity could also extend to the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the night of the Haunted Forest, signs will be available for pickup to denote your house as an \u201caccessible trick or treat landscape\u201d for trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf presented on your driveway, people who require accessibility accommodations will know which houses are inclusive or more accessible more easily,\u201d says Ware. \u201cThis was a project spearheaded by our Accessibility Advisory Committee, which we\u2019re happy to help promote through the busy night we\u2019re anticipating having.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the Haunted Forest and how to contact the Town\u2019s Special Events Department, visit aurora.ca\/hauntedforest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aurora\u2019s Haunted Forest will address accessibility issues when the event takes over Sheppard\u2019s Bush on October 28, and will also be an invitation to households to do the same. If you need an assist on the night of the Haunted Forest, applicable residents can contact the Town\u2019s Special Events Department in advance with their requirements. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-20-05.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8M2","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 17:51:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}