WHAT I FORGOT TO TELL YOU is an engrossing coming-of-age love story, sans any sugar-coating, about two neurodivergent young people dealing with the often unjust, ableist world and their right and ability to find love and joy. 
 
Insightful, touching, gut-wrenching, original and important. A book which gives voice to characters we rarely ever hear from in fiction. A story that is a resource to open our minds to other ways of experiencing the world and everyone’s right to experience love and commitment.
 
“An insightful and beautifully rendered love-story about two rarely portrayed characters I hope we see more of.” – Blair Fell, author of novels The Sign For Home  & upcoming Disco Witches of Fire Island
 
“Pamela L. Laskin and Ellen Paige have written a beautifully-evoked, emotionally charged book for both a middle and high school audience, and one which explores the landscape of what it means to be “differently abled.” The novel, told through a series of blogs (written by Gil) and a novel-in-progress (a story within a story), written by the main character, Jay, explores the interests and desires of a young girl with Down Syndrome, and a boy with Autism. The story draws the reader into their friendship and eventual attraction, thereby allowing readers to understand the depth of feelings of these two young people, a passion which parallels their abled counterparts. Ultimately, this is a poignant story about communication, desire and love!” – Brent Nelson, School Psychologist, Learning Disability Specialist and Administrator