Promoting the independent mobility of young people with SEND: The lived experience of young people with autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities

•Independent mobility is a source of anxiety for caregivers of children with SEND.•Challenges were similar for 7–10 and 11-13 year-old children with SEND.•Travel training should target specific behaviours rather than specific disorders.•Home-school links should be utilised to promote consistent road safety messages.•Travel training is a process not an event for children with SEND.