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Disabled and Cute: Teen Romances

In these contemporary novels, teens with disabilities and health conditions navigate relationships and life.

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  • While away from home to receive specialized medical treatment, Ellie meets a group of fellow teens facing similar circumstances and confronts her mother about her online medical privacy.
    Book, 2024New York : Wednesday Books, 2024. — YA FIC SCHREIBER, G.
  • At a summer camp for deaf and hard of hearing children and teens, Lilah learns about identity, communication, and love.
    Book, 2023New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2023. — YA FIC SORTINO, A.
  • In this coming-of-age novel, Effie, who has cerebral palsy, makes academic and romantic decisions over the course of her senior year.
    Book, 2023New York : Scholastic Press, 2023. — YA FIC FORREST, C.
  • A former ballerina, Genie discovers truths about herself and her past while going through physical therapy.
    Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022. — YA FIC SMITH, J.
  • Being Ace

    An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

    These short stories explore disabled love in all forms.
    Book, 2023Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co., 2023. — YA FIC BEING
  • When Brynn's hidden disability is revealed at school, she learns how to be a self-advocate.
    Book, 2024New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2024. — YA FIC MANGLE, B.
  • When Tilly finds herself on a romantic European internship with an insufferable colleague, sparks fly and both teens learn about their neurodiversity.
    Book, 2023New York : Wednesday Books, [2023] — YA FIC EDDINGS, M.
  • Sadie navigates internal and external anxiety triggers in this novel-in-verse about mental health, love, family, Black joy, and finding your voice.
    eBook, 2023New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023.
  • Joy, a standout student with cerebral palsy, navigates first romance and a quest to be her school's first disabled valedictorian.
    Book, 2023New York : Scholastic Press, 2023. — YA FIC SEE, M.