We moved to our lovely home 4 years ago and love it, the area is beautiful and the catchment area is good. It's close enough to dh work that he's home at 4.10pm everyday so we all have dinner together and the children get time with him everyday.
We live under the flight path of a local airport which is expanding and will be much larger come 2015. The planes are small, but depending on wind direction will fly over our homes.
The issue is my ds2. He used to love playing outside and we couldn't get him indoors at all. However for the last 6 months or more he has been hiding from the airplanes and will hide under our dining table to get away from them. He will not play in our garden at all and it's a lovely place to be, climbing frame, slide, command post den, lawn and decking. Had the paddling pool out today and even that wouldn't tempt him. Me, ds1 and dd all in the garden and he was under the table. Yesterday we went to the beach on a nearby island and he was fine until coastguard helicopter flew over.
He has high functioning autism and we were told last week that the issue with noises is a sensory processing issue and he has been referred to occupational therapy and audiology. He has other sensory issues to but they don't impact on his life to the same level at present.
At preschool he wouldn't play in the garden because of the planes and he starts infant school in September and I think this will continue. He needs to be able to run and play and enjoy the outdoors. I don't know what else to do.
Moving would be likely to be a faIr way from here to avoid flight paths. Ds1 is in year 7 about to start year 8 and this will impact on him hugely, of we move further away dh will not be home as much so the dc will miss him.
I just don't know what else to do. Ear defenders make little difference, neither does music. Any ideas?