Hey, read this book. Yeah, I know I posted it as YA, but read it anyway. It doesn't take forever and it's interesting. A bit of hyperbole in the blurb. "Hey, 'sick' kids getting on with living, must be like TFIOS!" A little more down to earth than that. There's no outside influence, just young people that aren't quite normal figuring out who they want to be. Dare I say it . . . bildungsroman? Okay, I can't actually say it, but I can spell it! 
 A smart girl with cerebral palsy gets woken up when a classmate challenges her belief in herself and the people around her. In response, she decides to forge a space for herself by talking her mom into hiring other teens to assist her, rather than having an adult always with her. She says she's hoping to make some friends in her senior year. 
 The classmate that shifted her paradigm was a boy with his own issues. He thinks he's hiding it pretty well, but the people around him have noticed the weird things he does to help control the anxiety that overwhelms him. He's nervous about being one of the girl's helpers, but he sticks it out. 
 They end up helping each other and falling in love . . . though I don't remember if it's expressly stated. But for someone so smart, the girl makes a stupid decision that threatens their relationship and has heavy consequences. 
 It's not exactly a happy-ever-after kind of story, but it's worth the read. It feels honest.