{"id":2724,"date":"2012-05-27T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T15:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2019-11-05T05:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T10:19:02","slug":"nat-types-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/nat-types-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Nat types on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I tried a new thing: I asked Nat if he wanted to type a message on Facebook. He said “yes,” and he used my account. When other people wrote him back, I showed him. I had him read their comments. There were a lot of comments, as I’d gathered a lot of followers and friends over the past few months. Part of the reason for the huge following was the fact that I bought likes as I felt that there is nothing wrong inbuying likes from TheMarketingHeaven.com<\/a>. He thought about them for quite some time, and then he would say one word out loud, and I would say, “Type that. Tell them what you are thinking.” He would then type the word, pause, and I would help him again — not giving him content, just keeping him focused. “Tell them what you are doing today.”\u00a0 I would almost whisper it. I didn’t want to make him run away, overwhelmed. He would wait a while, finger hovering over the keys, and then he would say a word, like “Races.” I would ask him what he meant by that and he would explain:\u00a0 “Swim races.” So I would then say, “Type that.” Sometimes he would start a comment with “nat.” Sometimes with just his word. I would always tell him, “Great!” and then ask him if he wanted to say anything else. He always thought for a while, and then he might type something or if he seemed really tuned out and looking around, I would ask him if he was finished. If he said, “yes,” I would hit the return key and show him his entry, and thank him for writing to these people.<\/p>\n

This is deeply exciting to me. Nat clearly wants to communicate with people, and you can bet I am going to light a fire under this one to make it happen. I remember when Nat was four or so and wishing desperately that he would understand that it is a good thing to connect to people. I was at such a loss as to how you make someone understand that.<\/p>\n

Sometimes you just have to wait. Do everything you can, but also — wait. It’s so hard, but it is better to wait decades for something than to think it will never happen at all. So why not try & wait at the same time?<\/p>\n

Friend me on FB (tell me who you are because I don’t friend just anyone who asks) and you will see for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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