AITA for not getting special treats for a neighbor kid who has a disability?

A Reddit user shared their experience with a neighbor who requested special Halloween treats for her child due to his disability. The user, who has traditionally handed out chips instead of candy, felt it was unfair to change their Halloween tradition for one child and questioned the expectation of special treatment for free treats. Read the full story below to see if you agree with the user’s stance.

‘ AITA for not getting special treats for a neighbor kid who has a disability?’

Every year at Halloween we give out chips instead of candy. My wife and I think it’s fun for the kids to get chips to go along with their candy. We buy ahead of time at Costco so there’s always plenty.

What we don’t use will be saved for things like bbq later in the year so people can have their own bags of chips. I have a neighbor Debbie who is really upset about the potato chips we give put because her kid don’t eat them.

She thinks we should offer some other options to her kid because he has a disability. I don’t think that’s fair and I told her it’s extremely rude to ask people who are giving out free stuff for Halloween to change things for just one kid and I told her I’m not doing it.

When her child comes and knocks on my door he gets chips like everyone else. I let the kids pick the types of chips from the bowl that they like and I feel like that’s more than generous.

Debbie said other neighbors are accommodating, her child disability for Halloween and I should think of others. I’m older so I think a child should be grateful for whatever they get for free on Halloween and not expect special treatment for a disability when getting free items.

Here’s what the community had to contribute:

Aggravating-Item9162 −  NTA. So, my kid is on the autism spectrum, and he only eats Skittles Littles and Sour Punch Bites. He will not touch any other candy, and trying to bribe him to taste it just leads to him gagging until he pukes.

You are not responsible for accommodating every f**king kid on Halloween! You’re a freaking person, not some business/organization, giving out FREE candy. The ONLY accommodation I would ever think of asking for would involve me (THE PARENT) providing the treats and just asking the neighbors to give my kid that thing. nope nope nope.

IamIrene −  She thinks we should offer some other options to her kid because he has a disability.
And she’s free to think that, she just isn’t free to require it of you. Wow, lol. The nerve.
If her kid doesn’t like it, he can trade with another kid for something he does like…just like the rest of us and our kids have done.. NTA.

Laines_Ecossaises −  NTA. New level of entitlement there. Part of Halloween for me was always trading the stuff you don’t like with friends as we trick or treated or siblings when I got home. If nobody wanted it, it went to my parents.

mdthomas −  You’re not required to provide snacks for ANY of the children. If the child doesn’t like chips/can’t eat chips, he can skip your house. It’s not like you’re causing the child to starve.. NTA

JimmyAintSure4646 −  NTA. Debbie sounds like an extremely e**itled person.
What about kids with chocolate allergies? Should they go around demanding potato chips?

jemoss9 −  NTA. If it bothers your neighbor so much, she can provide something for you to give her kid.

Mobile_Following_198 −  INFO: Why can’t the kid eat chips? Is it due to his disability or does he just not like chips?
I think you’re NTA either way, but the mom herself may be worse depending on this.

Ladyughsalot1 −  Your update is so upsetting 🙁
NTA. That’s Halloween- my kids always get something they don’t like or love. 

gb2ab −  Debbie is an a**hole. “You get what you get and you don’t get upset”—they literally teach this saying in prek.
I’m not a fan of PB. Do you think my mommy went around and asked people to not hand out reese’s? hell no. The parents are the ones who eat all the halloween stuff their kid doesn’t like. its always been this way.

Emergency-Life-8538 −  NTA. She can just skip your house. I used to skip the house that gave out popcorn balls.