For a perfect illustration of what Rendueles says about the collapse of the skills of sociability, see this hilarious article about the drama in the YA fandom community.
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Could this collapse become a good thing for autistics?
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There’s some hope. Here’s my favorite detail about the whole thing:
In an interesting twist, the teens who make up the community’s core audience are getting fed up with the constant, largely adult-driven dramas that currently dominate YA. Some have taken to discussing books via backchannels or on teen-exclusive hashtags — or defecting to other platforms, like YouTube or Instagram, which aren’t so given over to mob dynamics.
So when faced with adults determined to behave like perpetual teenagers, the teenagers apparently responded by acting like adults.
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I really hope the kids ditch the crazy and just read and enjoy books. I hope the current stage of ostentatious petulance will go out of fashion.
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