![]() Lily, however, doesn’t get to overcome her obstacles of internalized ableism and lack of executive function scaffolding. ![]() Abelard’s story arc meets this expectation: he’s a robotics champion with disability accommodations whose parents send him to an elite college for Autistic geniuses. I expected this to be a story about two neurodivergent characters who succeed while leveraging the strengths of their neurodivergences and working around their weaknesses, perhaps teaming up with complementary skills. However, I was angry and disappointed by the tragically ableist conclusion. ![]() I also empathized with Lily’s struggles with unsympathetic teachers and her own feelings of failure. They are an adorable couple with great promise (except for conflicts over her tardiness and his need for promptness). ![]() It was wonderful for an autistic character (Abelard) to break so many negative stereotypes and for a non-autistic character (Lily) to accept his differences so enthusiastically. ![]() The greatest strengths of the YA book The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle were the realistic portrayals of two very different neurodivergent teens, and their gentle romance. ![]()
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