wrist strap

[pramsgalore4]

hi, wondered if anyone could help, i have a 5 year old with asd and i require a wrist strap that he would struggle to remove, at the moment i have one that just uses a buckle that you thread the strap through really easy to undo, i am desperate to be able to let him walk next to the pushchair and not have him to go into a pushchair.Hes a runner so can not trust him just to hold the pushchair or my hand and has no anger awareness. many thanks :o

would something like this do the trick? The bags have a chest strap, don't know if he'd be able to undo it though.

he's got one, he undoes it without even looking. did have a chest pad off an old pushchair wraped around the clip, which worked for a while but not now. its a nightmere the only way i have been able to go out with him [other than school run which is not far and on very quiet back road] is with dp when he is off work, so only sundays or making him sit in a pushchair/wagon. but he is getting heavy to push around as i have to use doubles as i have dd4 who is only 2.5 years.

something like this www.boots.com/en/BuggyTug-Wrist-Straps_1190865/ , boots also have ordinary wrist straps which i got 4 ds ( 5.5 ) pulled quite tight so he struggles with it.

I made one for my ds, bought a fabric cat collar, (soft so no sensory stuff) with a little "pinch the sides in" catch (IFSWIM), removed catch shortened collar and re-sewed, it cost £1, fitted his wrist, he couldn't remove it and it had a firm D ring atached so I used a light weight dog lead on it, (also £1) it was known as 'the strappy' and he had to put it on when we got out the car. It meant we could practice 'walking by the side' without having me hold onto him, (he would not hold hands), but if he saw something that distracted him he couldn't run off and was so safe. worked brill for us. He moved onto back pack with strap and today (for the first time.) walked to big school and back holding my hand. .

PS also meant I could 'unclip' him at the play park, he ran round with the wrist bit still on and I clipped lead back on when we left.

i have been trying to get him to hold the wrist strap, he does but only for a minute and then runs sometimes i catch him just in time other times he's too quick, he has trouble with following instructions and has proved with me and the school that he does not follow instruction such as stop, although he is better with his teachers than me, but then there are at least 4 adults when they go out. I just don't seem to be winning :( . Have also tryed the stop, start game to teach him to stop when i say, but failed big time with me yelling stop and him running and looking round laughing [yes he thinks everything is funny] if i did not have younger child then i would be able to hold onto him , i will try the cat collar and dog lead, i do agree i do need to get on top of this, i am just really struggling at the moment :( my 2.5 year old holds my hand lovely, did start to copy her brother but nipped that in the bud fast, she knows that if she is out of her pushchair she has to hold my hand. :o