New Faces At TTP

Let me introduce a young friend of mine.  Let’s call him Ben. 

I’ve known my friend, Ben, for quite a number of years.  He’s approaching the end of his teen years.  Pretty soon he won’t be able to call himself a teenager.  Ben is a tall young man (or at least he’s tall to me, but I am on the short side of tall J) and he has very nice hair (I have straight hair so I do admire his set of waves and curls).

Ben’s an interesting conversationalist and he’s a bit of a deep thinker.  I think his mind is always full.  It’s not a simple thing for him to share his thoughts because it takes a bit of effort from him to get his message out and someone willing to spend time to hear what he has to say.

I think that sometimes Ben doubts himself and questions if people are interested in what he has to say.  I value his opinion and appreciate his thoughts.  I don’t always agree with what he says, and I tell him that.  I think he likes a bit of genuine discussion. 

Ben would probably tell you that I’m tough and make him work.  I hope he understands that my high expectations of him are because I do respect him.

I hope that Ben will share his thoughts, ideas, opinions and feelings with all of you through this blog.  I’m sure that you’ll enjoy them.  Here's his first post.  I hope there will be many more.

Ben in his own words ...

I have a condition which not everyone understands.

I need help to communicate.  I don’t speak.  I type.  It is called FC or Facilitated Communication.

The things that I need help with are to take care of myself and to go out into the community.  I like to go out but it can be stressful when people don’t understand my communication attempts.  I find the heat of the day and glaring light makes me feel tired and stressed.

I think that all sorts of people might read this.  I hope that we can all learn and share.

ben k