NAVIGATING love and autism. “The first night they slept entwined on his futon, Jack Robison, 19, who had since childhood thought of himself as ‘not like the other humans,’ regarded Kirsten Lindsmith with undisguised tenderness. . . . So far they had only cuddled; Jack, who had dropped out of high school but was acing organic chemistry in continuing education classes, had hopes for something more. Yet when she smiled at him the next morning, her lips seeking his, he turned away. ‘I don’t really like kissing,’ he said. Kirsten, 18, a college freshman, drew back. If he knew she was disappointed, he showed no sign.”

Plus: “Parents always ask, ‘Who would marry my kid? They’re so weird.’ But, like, another weird person, that’s who.”