Sia Reveals That She's on the Autism Spectrum: “Only in the last two years have I become fully, fully myself”
“I’m on the spectrum and I’m in recovery. There’s a lot of things,” Sia toldcontestant Carolyn Wiger during the podcast. “Being in recovery and also knowing about which neuroatypicality you may have or may not have, I think one of the greatest things is nobody can ever know you and love you when you’re filled with secrets and living in shame.”She added, “For 45 years I was like, ‘I’ve got to go put my human suit on.’ Only in the last two years have I become fully, fully myself.
Back in 2020, Sia came under fire from the autism community for casting a neurotypical actress, Maddie Ziegler, to portray an autistic teenager in her directorial film debut after dropping a teaser that introduced Ziegler’s non-verbal character, who communicates to the world through song and dance., “Hi Sia, can I ask why you didn’t cast a disabled actor for this part? It’s pretty offensive the way you’ve chosen to portray this character.
Sia wrote the script and 10 original songs for the accompanying album and told commenters that she spent three years doing research, revealing that is based on an unnamed friend on the spectrum who “found it too stressful being non verbal, and I made this movie with nothing but love for him and his mother.
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