Im really struggling with the school run, my daughter left school two years ago but i still have younger ones at the school. It was fine when she was at the school as they allowed us to leave early (she’s autistic and struggles with noise and crowds) but now she’s left we have to collect at the usual time same as everyone else, the issue with this is the school is a bus ride away and the bus is so busy after school like really bad, my daughter hates it and gets upset and stressed with the crowds and how busy and noisy the bus is she often kicks off over it. I dread every day as I hate doing the pick ups, it was fine when she could leave early as the bus wasn’t busy as it was before the school run and all the rush but now it’s so bad you can’t even move and have to stand between the doors in everyone’s way it’s causing her (and me!) so much anxiety, I even walk down several bus stops to avoid the crowds at the bus stop because lots of mums go to the one by the school with their kids just to go one stop so the bus stop is always heaving so we have to walk a couple of bus stops back but the bus itself is still busy as there is another school before ours. she won’t walk home she refuses to its a huge steep hill which is why none of the other parents walk either (I suspect hyper mobility as people have suggested it to me as she struggles to walk far) there is no way she would walk home. does anyone else have any other advice of suggestions to make it easier? as it’s really making me dread every day I dont want to go out 😠it’s really depressing me and not sure what else to do how I can make it easier? I’ve thought about every alternative really so I’m just seeing if there is something I’ve not thought about though I doubt it. It doesn’t matter if we miss buses it’s still busy due to the amount of people so missing 1/2 makes no difference we missed 2 yesterday and it was just as bad.