Hi all, this is my first post!
My son is 2 and undergoing an ASD assessment. Without listing all of his challenging behaviours, he has to be strapped in a pushchair for his safety (and others at times).
I don't drive but due to this issue it's given me the kick I need to learn. In the mean time, how do you approach not folding a pushchair for others with very young children or the disabled?
He simply isn't safe on a bus unless he's strapped in. He's tall for his age, so he "looks" like a much older child. We always have the sunflower lanyard to hand but several times there have been confrontations and I have given in for him to scream and arch his back, not want to sit down etc and then he'll fling his arms about and has caught other passengers! No one has ever then said, actually I'll fold my pushchair. They ignore it and I end up getting off the bus early in tears because it's far too much to handle.
He is currently in a standard pushchair but he's too tall for the hood (which he doesn't tolerate anyway) so we will be upgrading to a specialist pushchair but in the meantime is there anything I can do?
We have so many appointments across town and I can't afford a taxi as it's in excess of £25 for a trip there and back.
Any advice would be appreciated
Thank you