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Difficulty in walking - to push or not to push !

IcedBaileys

Hello all,

My son has Aspergers and he is 6 1/2 years old.  He has never been good at walking, it may appear that he is lazy, but infact for some reason to do with his co-ordination he has trouble walking for a certain length of time.

He can walk and has no physical disability at all, it just appears that for us who walk along naturally without giving it any thought, it appears that it does not come natural for him and he seems to be almost telling himself how to move each step and it just seems to tire him so much.

Is it like this for anyone else ?

The reason for my post is that in general day to day things we get along, but if we go away on holiday or out for the day it would be so handy just to be able to put him in a push chair for when he just cannot move another muscle.  But at 6 1/2 that would just look strange.  Any ideas for any other method ?  I was just looking on the internet but was not sure where to start.

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Iced.

 

 

  • I have a suggestion. Have you ever seen those bikes that are a bit like a tandem but the rear bike is smaller. We used one for our son when he was younger . . .actually before we had a diagnosis. We got ours from a german mail order kids catalogue ' jacko O', but i think you can find them elsewhere. Basically the person/child on the back can pedal or not as they feel and dont need to be able to balance on a bike as the adult on the front keeps it all together. It is adjustable.

    It is an idea anyway. It did mean for us that there was the freedom to get out and about safely without stressing him out.

  • I have a 6year old daughter with Autism and we have a McLaren buggy for her as she tires quickly and refuses to walk. Yes people stare at her as they go past but it doesn't bother us. We are just doing what's best for her. It doesn't matter what people think.

    If you did choose to go with the buggy option, we asked our Paediatrician to refer our daughter to the Wheelchair clinic at the hospital and we got the buggy free of charge (on a loaned basis) from them.