adventures Outside

Today my son decided that since his sister was at a friends house he would go over too. This has happened a total of three times since we moved in our home almost six years ago. My son has a terrible fear of being outside. I am not sure exactly what triggers this fear, but I can see it almost every time he decides to try going outside. As I've said before he has several sensory issues as many children with an autism spectrum disorder do. I can only imagine how difficult it is for a child who is sensitive to sight, sound, smell, taste and touch to go outside. Lights bother him, noise bothers him. Trying to understand how he makes this work when he is outside is puzzling to say the least. It is nothing short of a miracle when he actually feels comfortable enough to venture out. I have problems getting him to go out to pick his sister up from the bus. It's a three minute walk and I have got him to make the trip three times out of the entire school year. Because of this difficulty my husband who works third shift and never seems to make it to bed before 10 am must get up and pick up our daughter from the bus stop almost everyday at 3:40 pm this means he gets roughly 4 1/2 hours of sleep a day! The amazing part is that he manages to do so and still work an 8 hour day six days a week without injuring himself!!! The Man is plainly amazing!!! He has now taken on the job of bringing Jade back and forth to soccer practice twice a week :) They both enjoy it because of their love of sports!! Adrian went to Jades first practice and did well but has not wanted to go again so far. I am hoping he does well through Jade's six soccer games. I do not want to miss those!!! I don't drive so Steve could not stay home with Adrian even if he wanted to. I am hoping that Adrian will be able to handle the situation because I know his sister will want him there. That's all I really can do is hope. Maybe Adrian will adjust to being outside more often and maybe he won't only time will tell. For right now we will just see how the first game goes and take it from there.