After I watched Vivarium I was curious what others online thought of the film, which is pretty standard for movie-goers. I liked it and wanted to see if other people liked it too. Something that came up again and again was parents saying things like “I have an autistic son, this reminded me too much of him, I couldn’t watch this” or lamenting on the difficulties of parenting. While many comments were just off-handed remarks, some were downright mean and ableist and reminded me how neurodivergence is treated.