As someone with Autism seeing her kid behave the way he did was rough. He stims using his car toy, and his hat, he feels uncomfortable being around unfamiliar people and is brutally honest not because he wants to be mean but because he doesn't understand how it's rude and wrong (social etiquette, social ques) he has meltdowns because he's afraid of change because change in the environment (his routine) scares him. And Rocket loves him she doesn't want to see anything wrong with him but, her approach isn't great either she needs to let him get help because it won't get better overtime, if he doesn't it'll just get worse he'll be made fun of and, bullied for acting out or being different. Everyone on the spectrum is different in their own ways he seems to be high functioning but, he needs help to learn how to navigate social situations and learn social awareness, it's something people who don't have social problems take for granted, it's hard to socialize with people. You don't want to hurt people but you end up doing so because you don't understand what or why you said what you said was wrong it sometimes feels like you're living in a different world altogether and sometimes it feels really, really lonely. Rocket looks like she's gonna go down a route of caregiver burnout and that would be really, really hard to watch.
Man. It's rare I ever hear of someone who has autism like me. I got asperbegers on the spectrum. Some of this reminded me of my childhood. Only instead of screaming like that I would be quiet unless A LOT of stress built up. Since I was quiet, I often asked whatever adults were around questions in whispers. Biggest emotional outburst I ever had was mild crying from confusion and unknown things. I mean when it's ANGER, hoo boy did I ever lose it
I can totally relate to that because I was on the spectrum before, it wasn’t until I was 10 that I started to get a better handle on it and watching a bunch of anime actually gave me the courage to change things up a bit. Amistad got a long tough road for him
Anime helped me to, but I had a different experience. While I do have Autism, I'm not that high on the spectrum so I wasn't diagnosed until I was in high school, since my family always moved around that also factored into it. But my parents and teachers knew I had a learning disability they originally thought I was ADHD so they did constate tests every time I went to a new school it was frustrating. So talking about Autism and seeing it here with Amistad does make me feel a bit uncomfortable since I can relate to the struggles with school and socialization but I didn't experience everything to this degree like Amistad so it makes me feel like an outsider when talking about Autism
I’ve got a new found respect for Rocket. I have no idea what it’s like raising a child with autism and she handles it every day in addition to being a super hero.
@@hunterblane610 Yeah, I liked her just fine in season 1, it's just that Rocket was only there for just the last episodes of the first season they she was barely acknowledged afterwards. If she had joined the Team earlier I think people would give her more attention
Where’s the hate? I love that they are showing this that heroes aren’t always perfect with their families. That the heroes in this show can be exactly like us.
So idk if this was intentional either but it’s a known fact that the black community doesn’t handle special needs kids well. We’re told to push it to the side and keep it moving cause it’s a “white folks thing” but the reality is that it doesn’t work like that. Rocket not fully accepting her son having autism is a perfect example of that and I hope she can learn to work with it and accept him as he is.
@@DepoverS It really is. While I dont have autism myself I have Adhd along with clinical depression. And when it comes to special needs, mental health, seeking therapy, etc. it’s been told that we need to “pray it away and let God do all the work”
I like the Father (Noble), he seems to have a better grasp of his son's condition and his needs than Raquel does, makes me wonder why they got divorced, maybe it was her job as a superhero but who really knows.
I don't think they were ever married in the first place. The wiki only mentions Nobel as an ex-boyfriend, with the break-up taking place somewhere after Amistad's birth. Same thing with the Icon comics I think
@@hariharannair7404 That’s specifically in the comics. Noble and Rocket have a baby but don’t get together in the comics. In this show he’s the father of Amistad, they were married sometime between Seasons 2-3
I see some of Amistad in my younger self. I have a mild form of Asperger’s Syndrome, which was recently removed from the spectrum I believe. The fact he can’t handle small changes (like then they had to get off at 17th instead of 16th in this clip) really resonates with me as I couldn’t handle small schedule changes at school, but I worked through it and now I’m WAY better off now than I was. I also needed an IEP too, not so much in High School, but it was still there if I needed it. I had lots of supportive people at my elementary and middle schools who helped me get through it all, and I hope that’s what Amistad gets too.
@@yesikanarvaez5027I tried my hardest. Now that I think about it, the girls I went to grade school with enjoyed my company; mostly because they wre my sister's friends too. I didn't play sports at recess, so the guys weren't around me a lot. Well I was always happy and giving hugs to those around me. ...makes me wonder why it's so nerve whacked when someone else hugs me
True and by high school they ask you what you want when it comes to using accommodations. I remember dreading the idea of taking my French exam in the presence of the teacher before remembering there was a stand in anyway for midterms and end of year tests. 😂😂😂 Still it was just as fine in the library and at least if I didn’t sleep great I could nap to my heart’s content within the three hours.
Not every autistic has the same classical signs like Amistad, so it makes sense. I certainly wasn't a screamer, but I did get anxious when there was a change in routine, so I understand where Amstead's panic screaming is coming from. It's the dreadful feeling of being vulnerable or in danger for something we can't see yet feels like it's right behind us too.
The opening scene really stands out to me. I'm black and have Aspergers and a learning disability and my mother had me when she was 18 and had to raise me and my two siblings as a single mother. The train scene brings me back to when I was 7 and an elderly women told me to get something from my step dads father. He asked me who are you getting this for. I didn't know her name so I just flatly said the old lady out loud. I wasn't trying to be mean I just didn't know what else to call her. Thankfully she took it well and laughed it off but my mom was mad. The woman also made me really uncomfortable with how rinkally she felt ever time she touched I would always avoid her like the pledge. Please bare with us we don't always know what we say and how it affects people and certain things can really bother us to a larg extant especially when we're kids.
My little brother is mentlly handicapped. And I know how hard it was having to care for someone with special needs. Cant wait to see this part of Rocket storyline fleshed out more
Noble made an excellent point. I think Raquel is living in denial over her son. Its wonderful she loves him and supports him but, she can go so far parents, caregivers need breaks and can get overwhelmed.
The creators really wanted to put realism into what the heroes have to deal with so the viewers could relate to them. Not just the teens, but the young adults as well.
As stated here, Amistad is shown to be very intelligent for his age (I’m guessing 4-5) it’s just a struggle for him to adjust to social situations, very common. It may even be a form of Aspergers. Autistic kids are shown to process information differently than we do, some even faster than normal, but they adapt to routines that are familiar to them and don’t feel comfortable when deviated from this (the wool hat, the train stop, the insistence of having his toy cars be upside down) and from there new information can be processed. If I had to guess he probably doesn’t respond to foreign touch well, excluding his parents, very common for young ones on the spectrum.
Yeah, it's shown for moment that Amistad is aware that he doesn't actually need his hat and was willing to go through the door without it, but it wasn't part of his routine and got scared. He's in a very confusing time of knowing a logical course but an overwhelming feeling of sensations he doesn't know how to adapt to beyond what he already established. God knows that was my struggle with my own brain growing up with Aspergers.
It's hard for me to remember but I had similar behavior as an autistic child once myself. Mostly talking out of turn and lack of focus. I used to be loud and hyperactive, now I'm just chill and quiet.
@@fowldz so that kids relate to character that look or act like them them or struggle with the same things , so like to appeal to other people beside able white men amd women u know cause they are not the only people that exist
I have autism, and he's going to need gradual exposure to situations that are different from what they always do in order to get better at handling change because the world at large isn't always going to cooperate.
I'm autistic so I can understand this. But he's farther along the spectrum that I am with Asperger's. He clearly wants to be left alone to do his own thing when he doesn't need to be somewhere; yeah, I get that, having just wanted to play with my toys as a kid. If things didn't go my way as a kid, I didn't scream unless I was VERY angry or stressed. Instead I would be grumpy and complain in a normal octave. He sticks to a routine his parents set up? Yeah. Familiarity is a thing autistic people need; makes us feel comfort. I mean when you get yo be an adult, you can kinda flip it on and off with your angry responses and then go back to being calm; emotional control is something that takes a lot of years to get a grip on. Your irritation has ceased so why keep being upset.
I'm glad that the writers put this scene in. My brother is autistic and even though he is considered high functioning he would do a lot of the same things as Amistad when he was a kid. This gives s prepesctive what some kids with autism are like. I hope people can learn something from this scene no matter how small
I have seen this many times. As a guy on the spectrum I have seen all sides of this The hard to deal with and the misunderstanding as well as not knowing and (pardon my words) the more menacing. I see a little bit of Raquel fear in this, after all it’s not easy to deal with this. I did not have as high function as his but i got trained to face my uncomfortable situations in order to evolve Not sure how they will write her son here, no offense but I have rarely liked autism shown in media. Most are not wrong it’s just that some interpretation come of as tgey are incapable of showing emotions sometimes to me. I know, I know that is a very controversial way of thinking. Maybe this arc will be Rocket seeing more on how she can help her son. She cannot change her son for who he is but he does not have to be trapped either I learned that in my life, you are fine as you are but one must still face the problems
As an Autistic man I enjoyed the realistic representation of a boy on the spectrum, although I wish it would've focused more on Amistad's perspective of how the situations felt to him rather than focusing on how tough it is on Raquel having to "deal" with him. Also if I was Raquel I probably would've handled each of the situations a bit differently, however my wife who is a black woman with ADHD herself informed me about the realistic portrayal of the Black Community's reaction to any kind of mental disorder so I understand where she's coming from now.
My brother has autism and the train part reminded me a lot of him, he also likes a specific route when we go on the car, he also liked other stuff is way but he has slowly stopped and is good because he’s not s baby anymore my parents cannot carry him like rocket with amistad, I never thought I was gonna see autism in a dc show and like this, there have been too many shows where there’s been person with autism where they are also a super genius and I’m not saying they can’t be one but it’s nice to see it different and more like my situation
This video makes me wish there were universal phrases that could be used for when kids act or say things to adults which are nasty (Yes, his reaction was very mild to other things I have seen/heard). Sure, the woman overreacted to the boy saying she stinks, but I have seen the idea of the parent always "knowing what's right" not having positive effects on others. There are people who have other conditions in the world that may not always be able to immediately adjust to a random kid's wants/relief from temporary discomfort. Some people have medical conditions which cause odors despite efforts to reduce them. While a person may be able to not use perfumes/scented items, you may be in route home from the gym and temporarily smell sweaty or have helped/worked with another person or items that were smelly and be trying to get home for a shower. Yes, some adjustments can and should be made, but there has to be some effort to meet in the middle because communication involves multiple people.
I feel bad for Amistad, like really bad for him, he’s so sad that he felt like that no one can truly understand him, not even his own parents, his mom especially…😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Me and my cousin both have autism and we have our struggles like everyone that has autism I love this show and I hope they renew it for more seasons and it made me really happy that they put this storyline into the show and I hope they put more of it in the show if they renew it it was so comforting when I first watch this episode I felt appreciated and grateful thank you to the young justice writers for writing this story for the show it means the world to me
Always felt bad for Mcduffie wanting to give us a good ben 10 series only for it to be ruin by omniverse that try to put thing on the old series staus quo despite what Dwayne wanted for us
She's scared for him and doesn't want him to be bullied or mistreated for something he can't control, but Noble is right to tell her that Amistad needs help, like any child. Regular teachers can't give him what he needs, which is patience, when they have 20 other kids to give their attention to. They are not trained to. They're only human.
I had autism as a kid. I've grown out of it. But I remember the hell I went through because of it. I got picked on constantly because I was different. I was bitter for a long time because of it
WARNING: This is LONG This makes me question how well Amistad will be able to make friends; I know from experience that it's hard to keep friends if you keep changing schools because you have autism. From 2000-2005 (baring in mind 3rd grade was 1999 for me), I was sent to schools in different towns because my home town didn't have what I needed to help with autism; until 05 💢. I was barely social with kids in my K - 3 classes, but I did my best to be friendly whenever they talked to me. I didn't know where they lived or their numbers; this was back in the day of landlines mind you. So of course I didn't spend time with kids my age outside school. A few of them kept close because they were also my sister's friends, and usually hung out with her. It just broke me after 5th grade, when left for middle school in full in a different town; I had to leave my new friends from 4 - 5th behind, never to be seen again. In 2004 I told my mom I would rather be dead than have to constantly lose friends. And that got me back home. Downside? My emotional maturity was five years behind the rest of my old friend when I got to high school. I didn't have a social group to help me grow, since I always spent all my time alone; most of what I knew about social interactions came from all the cartoons I watched (of course I could tell what was goofy slapstick and what was normal) regardless I was still emotionally a child in a way. So I couldn't tell the subtle things and was honest unless I wanted to avoid trouble. So yeah. I kinda fear what this kid is gonna be like in his later years.
My god Raquel has an evolution since she joined the team in season one till now, from a sidekick to a justice league member, get married, have Amistad and now this, divorced and being a single mom with a kid diagnostic with authism her life is harder every minute that pass
As an autistic I feel a bit divided on how to view this, on one hand I like the representation, and for a good part it's accurate, the need for routine, the stim with the toy car, the way he shows affection with taps, social akwardness, unitentional rudeness, even how he eats the biscuit, it's all a bit relatable. On the other hand I dislike how they show it being only a burden, seeing the comment section I saw people talking about him being "high functining", a term many autistics's are that fund of, some people saying that they "used to be in the spectrum" (if you are born autistic, you are gonna be autistic your whole life, it's how your brain is). And an overall view that he will have to get over it, fix it and the whole "Rocket is so brave for dealing with it, super-mom". Don't get me wrong, I love my mom, and I know raising me wasn't easy, in part because I am autistic, sure, but mostly because I was a child, what I am trying to say is that being autistic means you are a bit different, but the whole screaming, outbursts and meltdowns aren't are part of it per se, yes it happens to autistic people, we get overwhelmed, but neurotypical people can also get overwhelmed, specially as kid. Like I said before if your born autistic, you are going to be autistic for the rest of your life, there's no cure, because it's not a diease, does the child need to learn somethings to live in society? Of course he does, EVERY CHILD DOES, that's why we have schools, and why parents teach us, no kid is born fully capable of sustaing themselves, and knowing how to integrate themselves in society, sure being autistic means he is going to have to learn how to integrate that part of himself as well, but every human being has their own indivualities, their aptitudes and limitations, that they also have to learn how to best integrate in their life, some people are forgetful and make a bunch of notes on calendars and alarms, some people hate doing dishes so they buy a dishwasher, some people don't like driving so they choose to use public transport, it's normal.
I'm honestly tired of how people represent autism as a burden. When i was the best behaved kid I knew. High functioning is often shown as the rule not the exception.
I'm not going to lie here sometimes I forgot that Rocket existed. I mean she had no legitimate personal screen time that I can remember until now. So I'm going to judge the character squarely on this Arc.
have autism and always knew was different and weird compared to everyone else growing up but didn't get officially diagnosed until was 26 because also grew up with lots of other health problems so people thought was different because of them
Cuando veo que un niño se porta haci ganas no me faltan de decirle enfrente de todos que parece loco a ver si haci se calla y a la madre que vergüenza que no pueda controlar a su hijo es su culpa por no saberlo criar.✌️🇲🇽 Una humilde opinión
Glad MY Mom wasn't like Rocket when she learned I had autism. Much like parents who don't believe in their own children, parents who can't understand their own children and/or accept that they're different don't deserve to call themselves parents at all
I have autism and I can possibly guarantee it gets better. I had tendencies and usually food ones, but I act closer to a normal human being now and make an effort to not be seen as autistic
This right here is how I wanted to be seen as! Growing up with autism is challenging. I didn’t know how to make friends, I remember I like things a certain way, but over time when I was in high school, I’ve gotten friends and I’ve been discovering the person I am and learn how to be like a normal person but also someone unique. Things do get better for me. I strive to be seen as the person I am and not the disability I grew up with since my childhood.
I didn't expect that Well I didn't watch Young Justice from a long time ago, not since the Wally's death But, it's amazing how the creators introduce the autism on the serie. Like I saw it. Rocket has problems to raise his child. Like a common case, he has learning problems but he's smart, he has low social skills. I asking to me if the Justice League members have among them or at least one contact specialist in neurodevelopmental disorders to treat the Rocket's son.
Two possibilities: how he shows affection towards his parents And possible touch sensitivity. Clapping may be more overwhelming compared to tapping since you can't control how powerful the other person is compared to your own strength, even though they're not looking to hurt you.
That completey turned me off of Rocket. She was such a cool (albeit too late) addition to the team, but by season 2 we barely see her cuz she joined the League, and then she's a mom so we don't see her at all, and then they give her this plotline that started good but ended up stupid and didn't really change anything. I know the whole thing with Orion was supposed to maje Raquel see how she was initially reating her son and help her sea things from his perspective, except it didn't do that AT ALL. All it did was pretty much justify her iffy treatment of Amistad in the beginning, and made it seem like Autism can go away with the push of a button, just like Orion just immediately was all good when Motherbox did its thing. It made me feel like tbe message was "Autistic kids are a handful. Hang in there moms!" When the actual message should be "Moms, take time to understand your child, no matter what they're going through" just like Highmother was able to calm Orion down, because she knew what was wrong, and knew how to handle it instead of just yelling at Orion like Raquel did with Amistad
That's Noble, Raquel's ex-husband in YJ. She got married sometime between Season 2 or 3. Noble is Raquel's boyfriend/baby daddy in the comics, but they've retconned him as "Ant" in the recent Milestone Returns (Earth-M) comic run.
Autism. Something my brother and I have it took us a while to control our powers and believe me a certain few events caused us to go out of control Star Wars the clone Wars season five the final episode I’m sure you can kind of get the idea away.
@@gibbs615 Autism are very unique I mean mine is quite strong it’s not impossible and he has problems doesn’t mean we could find a way to balance it. (Still was I like that? but anyway here’s hoping for the rest)
es enserio llamar a alguien "amistad"? se que las culturas hispanoparlantes están mas presentes que nunca en EEUU, pero nunca en toda mi vida eh escuchado a alguien llamarse amistad, es como si llamaran a su hijo "subscribe button" no tiene sentido xd
@1 Indeed. Adolf means "noble wolf" but there's one man in history who certainly didn't fit that description. And yet people still name their sons "Adolf" because they want the name to be more then association of something awful. It's the same with "Amistad"
@@fowldz Not at all. People (especially children, benefit from seeing characters with their struggles to feel like their not alone or an exception to the rule that shouldn't be there. I loved seeing Toph from avatar the last airbender, and this scene is great for showning a realistic part of dealing with autism.
I think they choose the wrong character to have this problem. It really have been bumblee bee since in Season she shrunk down and messed the genes of her child. It would have been GREAT cosmic karam for it to lead to an Autictis child. Rocket just such a shoe in
He has Autism Spectrum Disorder, he can't help it. He can try to learn more life skills via programs for children like him, but it doesn't happen magically. Try to put yourself in his shoes.
Autism. They said. Things not going according to routine resulting in great anxiety hence the labored breathing and screaming, and some senses being hypersensitive, are all real-life symptoms.
I understand Amistad. I have Autism too and my childhood was not an easy one. Even being an adult with Autism isn't easy. Breakdowns, can't stick with what stims us, uncomfortable around people we're not familiar with, even schedules. But my mother helped me as much as she could and I'm very thankful, but life is still a big struggle.
As someone with Autism seeing her kid behave the way he did was rough. He stims using his car toy, and his hat, he feels uncomfortable being around unfamiliar people and is brutally honest not because he wants to be mean but because he doesn't understand how it's rude and wrong (social etiquette, social ques) he has meltdowns because he's afraid of change because change in the environment (his routine) scares him. And Rocket loves him she doesn't want to see anything wrong with him but, her approach isn't great either she needs to let him get help because it won't get better overtime, if he doesn't it'll just get worse he'll be made fun of and, bullied for acting out or being different. Everyone on the spectrum is different in their own ways he seems to be high functioning but, he needs help to learn how to navigate social situations and learn social awareness, it's something people who don't have social problems take for granted, it's hard to socialize with people. You don't want to hurt people but you end up doing so because you don't understand what or why you said what you said was wrong it sometimes feels like you're living in a different world altogether and sometimes it feels really, really lonely. Rocket looks like she's gonna go down a route of caregiver burnout and that would be really, really hard to watch.
Thanks for sharing.
Her arc is about knowing how to deal with her son's authism :)
knew it had to be something like that.
Man. It's rare I ever hear of someone who has autism like me. I got asperbegers on the spectrum. Some of this reminded me of my childhood. Only instead of screaming like that I would be quiet unless A LOT of stress built up. Since I was quiet, I often asked whatever adults were around questions in whispers. Biggest emotional outburst I ever had was mild crying from confusion and unknown things. I mean when it's ANGER, hoo boy did I ever lose it
I’m an Aspie myself too. I guess publicity is trying to teach this generation how to embrace better than before which is very caring of them.
I can totally relate to that because I was on the spectrum before, it wasn’t until I was 10 that I started to get a better handle on it and watching a bunch of anime actually gave me the courage to change things up a bit. Amistad got a long tough road for him
I understand too, it was until I became a cub scout I learned how to try new things
So anime DOES help heal autism. I KNEW I was onto something!
Anime helped me to, but I had a different experience. While I do have Autism, I'm not that high on the spectrum so I wasn't diagnosed until I was in high school, since my family always moved around that also factored into it. But my parents and teachers knew I had a learning disability they originally thought I was ADHD so they did constate tests every time I went to a new school it was frustrating. So talking about Autism and seeing it here with Amistad does make me feel a bit uncomfortable since I can relate to the struggles with school and socialization but I didn't experience everything to this degree like Amistad so it makes me feel like an outsider when talking about Autism
@@patrickmcguire7896 what part of the spectrum are you on? I got asperbegrs
@@cunningsmile4166 I'm somewhere in the middle
I’ve got a new found respect for Rocket. I have no idea what it’s like raising a child with autism and she handles it every day in addition to being a super hero.
I assume Batsy pays her paycheck
@@cunningsmile4166 Why? Batman has nuth to do with Raquel in this universe other than he is a league member and used to oversee the team.
There's no force field she can generate that would help her with this challenge. She had to learn how to help her son.
She was wrong at not seeking appropriate help for her kid.
@@walqqr1 Rocket didn’t know how to handle it at this point, but she did later on at that’s what matters.
I love Raquel so much. Even if most fans don’t like her, I still got love for her 😌
I don’t think anyone actually dislikes Raquel. She just didn’t have enough screen time to be considered a main character up till now.
@@hunterblane610 Yeah, I liked her just fine in season 1, it's just that Rocket was only there for just the last episodes of the first season they she was barely acknowledged afterwards. If she had joined the Team earlier I think people would give her more attention
Same
I like her
Where’s the hate? I love that they are showing this that heroes aren’t always perfect with their families. That the heroes in this show can be exactly like us.
Amistad sure seems to be a handful
But they're right, he's intelligent. That was first proven when he noticed Karen's pregnancy
When was this?
@@daanyaalmohammed4300 Home Fires
@@daanyaalmohammed4300 back in season 3
"You got a baby in there!"
This was in the show Invincible. Right?
Because this is confusing the hell out of me
So idk if this was intentional either but it’s a known fact that the black community doesn’t handle special needs kids well. We’re told to push it to the side and keep it moving cause it’s a “white folks thing” but the reality is that it doesn’t work like that. Rocket not fully accepting her son having autism is a perfect example of that and I hope she can learn to work with it and accept him as he is.
I think Latinos are the same thing. It happened to Bruno from Encanto.
As a white person with autism, this detail is quite interesting to learn about.
I can say growing up poor in the projects with Aspergers and an overworked single mother wasn't always fun. God I'm glad someone finally said.
I'm half Hispanic and both my parents made the effort to help me.
@@DepoverS It really is. While I dont have autism myself I have Adhd along with clinical depression. And when it comes to special needs, mental health, seeking therapy, etc. it’s been told that we need to “pray it away and let God do all the work”
I know Rocket loves her son but she must accept that he has special needs
Exactly! She's in denial about his condition.
Indeed.
@@garlandowls1134 I do not think she is indenial rather she does not see why he should be treated different.
I'd be telling her bluntly 'Your son has autism, Rocket. Deal with it'
@@ggt47 My mom was the same way.
I like the Father (Noble), he seems to have a better grasp of his son's condition and his needs than Raquel does, makes me wonder why they got divorced, maybe it was her job as a superhero but who really knows.
The father’s name is Noble, and it’s Rocket’s name is Raquel, not Rochelle.
@@princewya thank you for the correction.
I don't think they were ever married in the first place. The wiki only mentions Nobel as an ex-boyfriend, with the break-up taking place somewhere after Amistad's birth. Same thing with the Icon comics I think
@@hariharannair7404 That’s specifically in the comics. Noble and Rocket have a baby but don’t get together in the comics. In this show he’s the father of Amistad, they were married sometime between Seasons 2-3
Is Amistad autistic in the comics?
I see some of Amistad in my younger self. I have a mild form of Asperger’s Syndrome, which was recently removed from the spectrum I believe. The fact he can’t handle small changes (like then they had to get off at 17th instead of 16th in this clip) really resonates with me as I couldn’t handle small schedule changes at school, but I worked through it and now I’m WAY better off now than I was. I also needed an IEP too, not so much in High School, but it was still there if I needed it. I had lots of supportive people at my elementary and middle schools who helped me get through it all, and I hope that’s what Amistad gets too.
What do you have? I got asperbegrs
Not liking change is a common autism thing
I got Aspergers too, I couldn't interact with kids my age
@@yesikanarvaez5027I tried my hardest. Now that I think about it, the girls I went to grade school with enjoyed my company; mostly because they wre my sister's friends too. I didn't play sports at recess, so the guys weren't around me a lot. Well I was always happy and giving hugs to those around me. ...makes me wonder why it's so nerve whacked when someone else hugs me
True and by high school they ask you what you want when it comes to using accommodations. I remember dreading the idea of taking my French exam in the presence of the teacher before remembering there was a stand in anyway for midterms and end of year tests. 😂😂😂
Still it was just as fine in the library and at least if I didn’t sleep great I could nap to my heart’s content within the three hours.
I'm autistic, and that kids behavior reminded me of myself. Though I was more quiet and kept to myself.
I wasn't so focused on routine, but I had to rock my chair to calm myself down, and ran around a lot.
@@TheNoybusiness huh. I used to go into closets to calm down or hide under beds. The small and known area helped calm me.
Not every autistic has the same classical signs like Amistad, so it makes sense. I certainly wasn't a screamer, but I did get anxious when there was a change in routine, so I understand where Amstead's panic screaming is coming from. It's the dreadful feeling of being vulnerable or in danger for something we can't see yet feels like it's right behind us too.
The opening scene really stands out to me. I'm black and have Aspergers and a learning disability and my mother had me when she was 18 and had to raise me and my two siblings as a single mother. The train scene brings me back to when I was 7 and an elderly women told me to get something from my step dads father. He asked me who are you getting this for. I didn't know her name so I just flatly said the old lady out loud. I wasn't trying to be mean I just didn't know what else to call her. Thankfully she took it well and laughed it off but my mom was mad. The woman also made me really uncomfortable with how rinkally she felt ever time she touched I would always avoid her like the pledge. Please bare with us we don't always know what we say and how it affects people and certain things can really bother us to a larg extant especially when we're kids.
Dude I feel the same way, sometimes I struggle having explanations to people
My little brother is mentlly handicapped. And I know how hard it was having to care for someone with special needs. Cant wait to see this part of Rocket storyline fleshed out more
That double tap he gives both his parents is noticable
I think that’s how he shows affection.
Noble made an excellent point. I think Raquel is living in denial over her son. Its wonderful she loves him and supports him but, she can go so far parents, caregivers need breaks and can get overwhelmed.
The father’s name is Noble, and her name is Raquel
@@princewya sorry grammar police 🚔
Geez
This is quite whelming
This is one the reasons this show is so awesome. Even though it's a cartoon, there's so many important aspects within it.
The creators really wanted to put realism into what the heroes have to deal with so the viewers could relate to them. Not just the teens, but the young adults as well.
As stated here, Amistad is shown to be very intelligent for his age (I’m guessing 4-5) it’s just a struggle for him to adjust to social situations, very common. It may even be a form of Aspergers. Autistic kids are shown to process information differently than we do, some even faster than normal, but they adapt to routines that are familiar to them and don’t feel comfortable when deviated from this (the wool hat, the train stop, the insistence of having his toy cars be upside down) and from there new information can be processed. If I had to guess he probably doesn’t respond to foreign touch well, excluding his parents, very common for young ones on the spectrum.
Yeah, it's shown for moment that Amistad is aware that he doesn't actually need his hat and was willing to go through the door without it, but it wasn't part of his routine and got scared. He's in a very confusing time of knowing a logical course but an overwhelming feeling of sensations he doesn't know how to adapt to beyond what he already established.
God knows that was my struggle with my own brain growing up with Aspergers.
It's hard for me to remember but I had similar behavior as an autistic child once myself. Mostly talking out of turn and lack of focus. I used to be loud and hyperactive, now I'm just chill and quiet.
I understand that, I have autism too but I was mostly quiet and kept to myself, but I learned to open up to others.
I had some of both what you guys had as a kid. As a kid I preferred being alone and quiet. I didn't get loud unless excited or very stressed/angered.
Young Justice is nailing it when it comes to representation and I'm loving this
Best in a cartoon I believe
Why do they need to represent
@@fowldz why don't they?
@@Graniteheart because there is no need
@@fowldz so that kids relate to character that look or act like them them or struggle with the same things , so like to appeal to other people beside able white men amd women u know cause they are not the only people that exist
As someone with disability I know how it feels and Rockets just needs to let her son be the way he is because that's what makes them special
Same I know too
I have autism just like him, I know how it feels to be different. But I've learn overcome it and be a great person
no she doesn't, she has responsibilities.
@@sethfortune230 what do you mean
I have autism, and he's going to need gradual exposure to situations that are different from what they always do in order to get better at handling change because the world at large isn't always going to cooperate.
Young justice is handling a lot of damm themes of the real life man their is so much stuff they have now
I like it. It shows that these are regular people outside their costumes.
I watched this episode with my mom and she said “ I see you, baby” and as a guy struggling with autism my whole life that made me almost cry
Of course it's the character we've known for the least longest that has one of the more interesting arcs
I'm autistic so I can understand this. But he's farther along the spectrum that I am with Asperger's. He clearly wants to be left alone to do his own thing when he doesn't need to be somewhere; yeah, I get that, having just wanted to play with my toys as a kid. If things didn't go my way as a kid, I didn't scream unless I was VERY angry or stressed. Instead I would be grumpy and complain in a normal octave. He sticks to a routine his parents set up? Yeah. Familiarity is a thing autistic people need; makes us feel comfort.
I mean when you get yo be an adult, you can kinda flip it on and off with your angry responses and then go back to being calm; emotional control is something that takes a lot of years to get a grip on. Your irritation has ceased so why keep being upset.
I also have autism and I have to say they nailed it perfectly
I like how Amistad actually means friendship in Spanish
Oh, I speak Spanish and I didn't notice.
I'm glad that the writers put this scene in. My brother is autistic and even though he is considered high functioning he would do a lot of the same things as Amistad when he was a kid. This gives s prepesctive what some kids with autism are like. I hope people can learn something from this scene no matter how small
rocket is looking fine
I have seen this many times. As a guy on the spectrum I have seen all sides of this
The hard to deal with and the misunderstanding as well as not knowing and (pardon my words) the more menacing.
I see a little bit of Raquel fear in this, after all it’s not easy to deal with this. I did not have as high function as his but i got trained to face my uncomfortable situations in order to evolve
Not sure how they will write her son here, no offense but I have rarely liked autism shown in media. Most are not wrong it’s just that some interpretation come of as tgey are incapable of showing emotions sometimes to me. I know, I know that is a very controversial way of thinking. Maybe this arc will be Rocket seeing more on how she can help her son. She cannot change her son for who he is but he does not have to be trapped either
I learned that in my life, you are fine as you are but one must still face the problems
As an Autistic man I enjoyed the realistic representation of a boy on the spectrum, although I wish it would've focused more on Amistad's perspective of how the situations felt to him rather than focusing on how tough it is on Raquel having to "deal" with him. Also if I was Raquel I probably would've handled each of the situations a bit differently, however my wife who is a black woman with ADHD herself informed me about the realistic portrayal of the Black Community's reaction to any kind of mental disorder so I understand where she's coming from now.
Well, you have to remember that she is the focus of this part of the season not Amistad. He is kind of plot device to help develop her character.
Yeah, Raquel was in denial and refused to seek help for her son.
Being a hero and saving the world is a walk in the park compared to the struggles of parenthood
Which is why I will never have kids
I've been an uncle since I was 9 (half sister is 11 years older than me) so 23 years now. So I can kinda get it. Babyysittng alone was headache
My brother has autism and the train part reminded me a lot of him, he also likes a specific route when we go on the car, he also liked other stuff is way but he has slowly stopped and is good because he’s not s baby anymore my parents cannot carry him like rocket with amistad, I never thought I was gonna see autism in a dc show and like this, there have been too many shows where there’s been person with autism where they are also a super genius and I’m not saying they can’t be one but it’s nice to see it different and more like my situation
Is it me, or did Rocket used to have a Southern accent in Season 1-3?
She had 3 different voices actresses kittie Cree summer and currently Denise boutte
@@midnightfox3157 but Denise boutte did also voice her in s3. I think they just wanted her to go a different direction maybe it will get explained
it possible the southern accent was just for show for Rocket to be part of her hero persona
I can relate to this kid. I’m autistic too.
This video makes me wish there were universal phrases that could be used for when kids act or say things to adults which are nasty (Yes, his reaction was very mild to other things I have seen/heard). Sure, the woman overreacted to the boy saying she stinks, but I have seen the idea of the parent always "knowing what's right" not having positive effects on others. There are people who have other conditions in the world that may not always be able to immediately adjust to a random kid's wants/relief from temporary discomfort. Some people have medical conditions which cause odors despite efforts to reduce them. While a person may be able to not use perfumes/scented items, you may be in route home from the gym and temporarily smell sweaty or have helped/worked with another person or items that were smelly and be trying to get home for a shower.
Yes, some adjustments can and should be made, but there has to be some effort to meet in the middle because communication involves multiple people.
I feel bad for Amistad, like really bad for him, he’s so sad that he felt like that no one can truly understand him, not even his own parents, his mom especially…😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
It is brilliant for young justice is tackling every day life
Me and my cousin both have autism and we have our struggles like everyone that has autism I love this show and I hope they renew it for more seasons and it made me really happy that they put this storyline into the show and I hope they put more of it in the show if they renew it it was so comforting when I first watch this episode I felt appreciated and grateful thank you to the young justice writers for writing this story for the show it means the world to me
Greatest show ever
Exceptional's lead a life of Loneliness. If not treated with any care or supports or commitments those possibilities may vary.
The moment I saw him spinning those wheels I knew! 😥
I really felt bad for Orion when I realized he had his own baggage.
Pretty sure the dad is supposed to look like a young Dwayne Mcduffie.
The guy who died from heart surgery
@@cunningsmile4166 or the guy who wrote the Bible of the dakotaverse. The man who was the Kevin fiege to justice league unlimited.
@@foxhound13 and BEN 10
Always felt bad for Mcduffie wanting to give us a good ben 10 series only for it to be ruin by omniverse that try to put thing on the old series staus quo despite what Dwayne wanted for us
Ive never seen such great representation of autism like this, especially from the parent’s perspective
She's scared for him and doesn't want him to be bullied or mistreated for something he can't control, but Noble is right to tell her that Amistad needs help, like any child. Regular teachers can't give him what he needs, which is patience, when they have 20 other kids to give their attention to. They are not trained to. They're only human.
I had autism as a kid. I've grown out of it. But I remember the hell I went through because of it. I got picked on constantly because I was different. I was bitter for a long time because of it
In the comics, Amistad pick up the rocket mantle
Did that version also have Autism?
@@ThePrincessCH nop l don't believe so.
He doesn't.
No but I want to see it happen in the future
WARNING: This is LONG
This makes me question how well Amistad will be able to make friends; I know from experience that it's hard to keep friends if you keep changing schools because you have autism.
From 2000-2005 (baring in mind 3rd grade was 1999 for me), I was sent to schools in different towns because my home town didn't have what I needed to help with autism; until 05 💢. I was barely social with kids in my K - 3 classes, but I did my best to be friendly whenever they talked to me. I didn't know where they lived or their numbers; this was back in the day of landlines mind you. So of course I didn't spend time with kids my age outside school. A few of them kept close because they were also my sister's friends, and usually hung out with her.
It just broke me after 5th grade, when left for middle school in full in a different town; I had to leave my new friends from 4 - 5th behind, never to be seen again. In 2004 I told my mom I would rather be dead than have to constantly lose friends. And that got me back home.
Downside? My emotional maturity was five years behind the rest of my old friend when I got to high school. I didn't have a social group to help me grow, since I always spent all my time alone; most of what I knew about social interactions came from all the cartoons I watched (of course I could tell what was goofy slapstick and what was normal) regardless I was still emotionally a child in a way. So I couldn't tell the subtle things and was honest unless I wanted to avoid trouble.
So yeah. I kinda fear what this kid is gonna be like in his later years.
Rocket needs to let her son get proper help, but she seems to be in denial that he needs it
I'm find that that happens a lot in black communities
My god Raquel has an evolution since she joined the team in season one till now, from a sidekick to a justice league member, get married, have Amistad and now this, divorced and being a single mom with a kid diagnostic with authism her life is harder every minute that pass
As an autistic I feel a bit divided on how to view this, on one hand I like the representation, and for a good part it's accurate, the need for routine, the stim with the toy car, the way he shows affection with taps, social akwardness, unitentional rudeness, even how he eats the biscuit, it's all a bit relatable.
On the other hand I dislike how they show it being only a burden, seeing the comment section I saw people talking about him being "high functining", a term many autistics's are that fund of, some people saying that they "used to be in the spectrum" (if you are born autistic, you are gonna be autistic your whole life, it's how your brain is). And an overall view that he will have to get over it, fix it and the whole "Rocket is so brave for dealing with it, super-mom".
Don't get me wrong, I love my mom, and I know raising me wasn't easy, in part because I am autistic, sure, but mostly because I was a child, what I am trying to say is that being autistic means you are a bit different, but the whole screaming, outbursts and meltdowns aren't are part of it per se, yes it happens to autistic people, we get overwhelmed, but neurotypical people can also get overwhelmed, specially as kid.
Like I said before if your born autistic, you are going to be autistic for the rest of your life, there's no cure, because it's not a diease, does the child need to learn somethings to live in society? Of course he does, EVERY CHILD DOES, that's why we have schools, and why parents teach us, no kid is born fully capable of sustaing themselves, and knowing how to integrate themselves in society, sure being autistic means he is going to have to learn how to integrate that part of himself as well, but every human being has their own indivualities, their aptitudes and limitations, that they also have to learn how to best integrate in their life, some people are forgetful and make a bunch of notes on calendars and alarms, some people hate doing dishes so they buy a dishwasher, some people don't like driving so they choose to use public transport, it's normal.
I'm honestly tired of how people represent autism as a burden. When i was the best behaved kid I knew. High functioning is often shown as the rule not the exception.
Man my son autistic and i remembered the IEP the first time for my son.
I'm not going to lie here sometimes I forgot that Rocket existed. I mean she had no legitimate personal screen time that I can remember until now. So I'm going to judge the character squarely on this Arc.
I saw this episode along with my mother and she laughed because she said it was like see my young self and she said I behave like Orion.
have autism and always knew was different and weird compared to everyone else growing up but didn't get officially diagnosed until was 26 because also grew up with lots of other health problems so people thought was different because of them
Glad he sounds like a child and not an adult.
"You got a Baby in There..."
Cuando veo que un niño se porta haci ganas no me faltan de decirle enfrente de todos que parece loco a ver si haci se calla y a la madre que vergüenza que no pueda controlar a su hijo es su culpa por no saberlo criar.✌️🇲🇽
Una humilde opinión
Damnit, I still wanted Rocket and Aqualad as a couple or at the very least he was the baby daddy
Any streaming links for today's episode?
Glad MY Mom wasn't like Rocket when she learned I had autism. Much like parents who don't believe in their own children, parents who can't understand their own children and/or accept that they're different don't deserve to call themselves parents at all
I have autism and I can possibly guarantee it gets better. I had tendencies and usually food ones, but I act closer to a normal human being now and make an effort to not be seen as autistic
This right here is how I wanted to be seen as! Growing up with autism is challenging. I didn’t know how to make friends, I remember I like things a certain way, but over time when I was in high school, I’ve gotten friends and I’ve been discovering the person I am and learn how to be like a normal person but also someone unique. Things do get better for me. I strive to be seen as the person I am and not the disability I grew up with since my childhood.
I didn't expect that
Well I didn't watch Young Justice from a long time ago, not since the Wally's death
But, it's amazing how the creators introduce the autism on the serie.
Like I saw it. Rocket has problems to raise his child. Like a common case, he has learning problems but he's smart, he has low social skills. I asking to me if the Justice League members have among them or at least one contact specialist in neurodevelopmental disorders to treat the Rocket's son.
あーこんな感じだったわ小さい時同じクラスになった子(遠い目)
Armistead is also the Man in the bubble like Megan's sister is Saturn Girl
Yeah, no. Not at all.
What
No he's not. We literally find out who the bubble person is this episode
Parents struggle with their kids who have autism, I get it, but Noble sees Amistad the way Rocket doesn’t
**SHE DIDNT GET ENOUGH SCREEN TIME!!!! GAWD! AND WHERE'S ICON??** lol
Can someone here explain why he does the tapping to both his mom and dad
I think it’s how Amistad shows affection.
@@trasegorsuch5140 u know I felt the same
Two possibilities: how he shows affection towards his parents
And possible touch sensitivity. Clapping may be more overwhelming compared to tapping since you can't control how powerful the other person is compared to your own strength, even though they're not looking to hurt you.
I wonder if I use to be like that when I was little
I didn't know he had Autism
I have Autism when I was 2yrs old
He has autism in the comics, apparently.
Past tense? How?
You still do
Had? It stays with you…
I meant I have Autism
That completey turned me off of Rocket. She was such a cool (albeit too late) addition to the team, but by season 2 we barely see her cuz she joined the League, and then she's a mom so we don't see her at all, and then they give her this plotline that started good but ended up stupid and didn't really change anything. I know the whole thing with Orion was supposed to maje Raquel see how she was initially reating her son and help her sea things from his perspective, except it didn't do that AT ALL. All it did was pretty much justify her iffy treatment of Amistad in the beginning, and made it seem like Autism can go away with the push of a button, just like Orion just immediately was all good when Motherbox did its thing. It made me feel like tbe message was "Autistic kids are a handful. Hang in there moms!" When the actual message should be "Moms, take time to understand your child, no matter what they're going through" just like Highmother was able to calm Orion down, because she knew what was wrong, and knew how to handle it instead of just yelling at Orion like Raquel did with Amistad
Did her voice actor change ?
Apparently.
Raquel was voiced by Kittie in season 1, from then on she was voiced by Denise Boutte
What is the father?
@carter dillabaugh Eh?
@@raulreina5463 Oh, you mean who is the father, right?
Human
That's Noble, Raquel's ex-husband in YJ. She got married sometime between Season 2 or 3. Noble is Raquel's boyfriend/baby daddy in the comics, but they've retconned him as "Ant" in the recent Milestone Returns (Earth-M) comic run.
@@princewya Oh ok, I've tried looking it up in the past but I could never get any answers
That little boy was out of line for telling that old lady she smells bad autism or not he’s a spoiled brat
You have no idea how severe austim works so please go research it and stop assuming someone with a disability is spoiled.
That boy's got some serious problems.
Autism.
Something my brother and I have it took us a while to control our powers and believe me a certain few events caused us to go out of control Star Wars the clone Wars season five the final episode I’m sure you can kind of get the idea away.
@@gibbs615 Autism are very unique I mean mine is quite strong it’s not impossible and he has problems doesn’t mean we could find a way to balance it.
(Still was I like that? but anyway here’s hoping for the rest)
@@cjg3496 Yeah I know how autism is and all but still her son's got issues.
I wonder who the other green lantern is
es enserio llamar a alguien "amistad"? se que las culturas hispanoparlantes están mas presentes que nunca en EEUU, pero nunca en toda mi vida eh escuchado a alguien llamarse amistad, es como si llamaran a su hijo "subscribe button" no tiene sentido xd
Why is autism always shown to be so extreme? Most people you wouldn't notice unless they are utterly in a certain situation.
Nobody noticed he shares the name with a slave ship?
The Spanish word for friendship?
@@CommanderSteelTrap yes. thats the name of a slave ship
@@tonechamploo6728 Ok, what relevance does that have?
@@CommanderSteelTrap probably just a curious fact. Ironic that something so terrible as a slave ship had such a positive name.
@1 Indeed. Adolf means "noble wolf" but there's one man in history who certainly didn't fit that description. And yet people still name their sons "Adolf" because they want the name to be more then association of something awful. It's the same with "Amistad"
Representation. Matters?
totally.
@@DepoverS false
@@fowldz Not at all. People (especially children, benefit from seeing characters with their struggles to feel like their not alone or an exception to the rule that shouldn't be there. I loved seeing Toph from avatar the last airbender, and this scene is great for showning a realistic part of dealing with autism.
@@fowldz How so?
I think they choose the wrong character to have this problem. It really have been bumblee bee since in Season she shrunk down and messed the genes of her child. It would have been GREAT cosmic karam for it to lead to an Autictis child. Rocket just such a shoe in
That’s not how Autism works. That’s as dumb as saying vaccines cause Autism.
And to think that it was she who modified her baby's DNA, in doing so, perhaps she unconsciously did that to her son.
That was wasp. This is rocket.
@@pedrorosa3300 oh right, i was wrong
That was bumblebee
Also it really has nothing to do with it
@@pedrorosa3300 you mean bumblebee
Wow that was so much wrong in that statement
Wait? Isn’t this the same kid from the show Invincible who says:
“You got a baby in there“
That was on young justice. Not invincible
I know that, but they’re the same kid
And not that it’s relevant, but they both look like they could be taken right out of The Boondocks
@@dr.karmichaelandjones I don't quite understand
Kids a menace
Bro he has autism.
The kid has autism
" *Austistic* kids a menace" you mean. Yeah, a "menace" who needs help.
He’s not a A menace he just has challenges
He has Autism Spectrum Disorder, he can't help it. He can try to learn more life skills via programs for children like him, but it doesn't happen magically. Try to put yourself in his shoes.
What is wrong with that child?
Autism
They just said that he is Autistic.
He’s diagnosed with autism.
Autism. They said. Things not going according to routine resulting in great anxiety hence the labored breathing and screaming, and some senses being hypersensitive, are all real-life symptoms.
Wokeness
I understand Amistad. I have Autism too and my childhood was not an easy one. Even being an adult with Autism isn't easy. Breakdowns, can't stick with what stims us, uncomfortable around people we're not familiar with, even schedules. But my mother helped me as much as she could and I'm very thankful, but life is still a big struggle.
I'm so happy Rocket is getting more time in the cartoons. A black character created by black artists and authors.