Push chair for nearly 5 year old?

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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.

I would look for an SN buggy. It is easy for DH to say no when he isn’t the one struggling. It isn’t good for you or DS if not having the pushchair means you rarely take DS out alone and with a pushchair you could.

Thank you. That's how I feel, but then I worry I'm babying him as well.

You wouldn’t think you were babying DS if he couldn’t walk because of a physical disability, so shouldn’t think it if DS can’t walk because of ASD.

Get a new pushchair and get your freedom back. I often used our one for DS at that age. Otherwise going anywhere was a battle. He is great now he is 8 and no big issues at all with walking so it absolutely does get better but you can't try to force him.