My son is recently diagnosed ASD. He's fairly low additional needs (high functioning). He'll be five at the end of November and starting school in September.
We got rid of his pushchair at the start of this year. I don't drive and now we don't have the pushchair I rarely take him out on my own.
He is perfectly able-bodied, but refuses to walk for longer than a few minutes. He then asks to be carried and I'm just not strong enough to do this. If I don't carry him he will have a meltdown and we end up trapped somewhere until my husband can drive to collect us.
I'm filled with anxiety every time we go out and my mum suggested allowing him to go back in a pushchair. My husband is very against this - but he drives and is big and strong so has no problems carrying our son.