Need to move house meaning son won't be close to friends, any advice?

[Lonelybutnotalone38]

I will soon be separating from my husband and we will need to sell the house because even if I buy him out its too big for me to run myself, I won't be able to afford it. We live in quite a pricey area .
I will need to downsize and move maybe 3-4 miles away. Husband will do the same.
My son is 12, We live on an estate. His best friend lives 2 cul de sacs away and they have about 5 more friends on the estate who they go the same high school with.
They play out/hang out almost every day when the weather is nice. I will be taking him away from that . Any advice on how to handle the situation sensitively?
My son also has adhd and possibly high functioning asd and he over reacts a lot and can be quite depressive. I need to tread very carefully

Hi Op - I moved a while ago with a child who at the time had undiagnoses ASD and since had the diagnosis. I am not speaking with knowledge of having to move because of family break up so please ignore if not useful.

It did turn out that my child - despite finding it very very hard to make new friends - was more resilient than I expected but she is younger than your son.

I cried myself to sleep seeing her struggle at leaving friends and being so utterly lost at starting again. Just saying as I think I wish I had been a bit more realistic when we moved.

It sounds like you have a really good set up locally and I would say - can you look at living somewhere small but staying in the area just for the next few years? Your son won't need to live near friends once he finishes secondary which isn't that long really -