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Therapist Reacts to LILO & STITCH with guest Rebecca Parham

Cinema Therapy What does your chosen family look like? Do you resonate with Lilo? Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker, filmmaker Alan Seawright, and guest Rebecca Parham of @LetMeExplainStudios are reacting to the beloved Lilo and Stitch. It is Rebecca’s favorite movie, and it’s admired by so many for its portrayal of neurodivergent and autistic people. They discuss how Lilo’s neurodivergence…

yea a lot of autistic act like some things only happen in autistic ppl but its not really accurate. i think its ok if you use words like stimming but you can use different words if u want

stimming isnt specifically an autism thing but it tends to be more common with us, allistics can stim too (esp if they have adhd or anxiety or w/e)

yeah, idk schools always told my mom to put me on ritalin, but my parents don’t believe in medicine or some shit. once, on tumblr, i talked about how when i was a kid my dad used to call me a bird (in arabic, like a baby name) cos i would wring my hands a lot when i was overstimulated or excited or trying to explain smtn and it took a lot to learn how to keep my hands at my sides and i still leave marks in my arms as an adult trying to remember to not flap

either of those options are ok (it was made bc being autistic and audio stimming is different from being allistic and just liking a song)