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For the last eight years, RS&H associates have helped children living with disabilities fulfill their wishes by engineering a magical Halloween experience, complete with custom costumes adapted to their wheelchairs.

Amid the pandemic, RS&H’s six-year tradition of working with Jacksonville’s Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC) to build wheelchair-accessible Halloween costumes was met with questions. But with a little extra coordination, the tradition has lived on – albeit with a few extra safety measures.

In addition to creating buildings and bridges, RS&H associates are committed to fostering meaningful community interactions with individuals, groups and families alike.

As RS&H associates excitedly gathered around the patio on Friday, October 18th, five children and their families eagerly awaited the arrival of custom wheelchair-accessible Halloween costumes.

Nine-year-old Robbie had spent the whole month looking forward to Halloween, when he would put on his Dash (from The Incredibles) costume and go trick-or-treating. But instead of celebrating Halloween, Robbie and his parents spent their evening in the hospital, trying to figure out the cause of a series of seizures Robbie had experienced that day.

For four years now, RS&H architects, engineers and associates have worked together to create special Halloween costumes for children of the Jacksonville’s Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC).

Caiden Whitmarsh, 6, Kasey Iles, 8, and Will Barkoskie, 9, lined their wheelchairs up in front of the RS&H Jacksonville office Thursday, Oct.27, each dressed up in their new costumes for Halloween, complete with wide eyes and wider smiles.