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.

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 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 love Raquel so much. Even if most fans don’t like her, I still got love for her 😌

Amistad sure seems to be a handful But they're right, he's intelligent. That was first proven when he noticed Karen's pregnancy

I know Rocket loves her son but she must accept that he has special needs

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 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 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.

I'm autistic, and that kids behavior reminded me of myself. Though I was more quiet and kept to myself.

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.

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.

This is one the reasons this show is so awesome. Even though it's a cartoon, there's so many important aspects within it.

That double tap he gives both his parents is noticable

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.

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

Young Justice is nailing it when it comes to representation and I'm loving this

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

I like how Amistad actually means friendship in Spanish

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 also have autism and I have to say they nailed it perfectly

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'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.

Young justice is handling a lot of damm themes of the real life man their is so much stuff they have now

Of course it's the character we've known for the least longest that has one of the more interesting arcs

rocket is looking fine

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.

Being a hero and saving the world is a walk in the park compared to the struggles of parenthood

Is it me, or did Rocket used to have a Southern accent in Season 1-3?

Ive never seen such great representation of autism like this, especially from the parent’s perspective

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.

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

I can relate to this kid. I’m autistic too.

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

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

Greatest show ever

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.

Rocket needs to let her son get proper help, but she seems to be in denial that he needs it

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.

The moment I saw him spinning those wheels I knew! 😥

Exceptional's lead a life of Loneliness. If not treated with any care or supports or commitments those possibilities may vary.

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

It is brilliant for young justice is tackling every day life

Pretty sure the dad is supposed to look like a young Dwayne Mcduffie.

In the comics, Amistad pick up the rocket mantle

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

Any streaming links for today's episode?

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Damnit, I still wanted Rocket and Aqualad as a couple or at the very least he was the baby daddy

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

I'm so happy Rocket is getting more time in the cartoons. A black character created by black artists and authors.

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)

Parents struggle with their kids who have autism, I get it, but Noble sees Amistad the way Rocket doesn’t

I wonder if I use to be like that when I was little

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

Armistead is also the Man in the bubble like Megan's sister is Saturn Girl

I wonder who the other green lantern is

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.

**SHE DIDNT GET ENOUGH SCREEN TIME!!!! GAWD! AND WHERE'S ICON??** lol

Did her voice actor change ?

Wait? Isn’t this the same kid from the show Invincible who says: “You got a baby in there“

I didn't know he had Autism I have Autism when I was 2yrs old

What is the father?

Can someone here explain why he does the tapping to both his mom and dad

That boy's got some serious problems.

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.

That little boy was out of line for telling that old lady she smells bad autism or not he’s a spoiled brat

Nobody noticed he shares the name with a slave ship?

Representation. Matters?

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

Kids a menace

And to think that it was she who modified her baby's DNA, in doing so, perhaps she unconsciously did that to her son.

What is wrong with that child?