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Sia's film Music misrepresents Autistic people. It could also do us damage

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directorial debut of Australian pop superstar Sia, we were well aware of the tide of outrage that had preceded it. In casting her regular collaborator, Maddie Ziegler, as the film’s eponymous Autistic character – and then doubling down when criticised for doing so – Sia invoked the warranted ire of Autistic advocates and neurodiversity activists worldwide.

We did not enter the cinema with high hopes: we’re both Autistic, and well used to both the tropes of Autism Stories™ in screen media and the misunderstandings they foster in the non-Autistic community.

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