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Sia’s film Music misrepresents Autistic people. It could also do us damage – The Guardian
Autistic people are used to being underestimated and infantilised – but for Clem Bastow it was still a shock to see it on the big screen
When my girlfriend and I sat down to watch Music, the 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 films 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: were both Autistic, and well used to both the tropes…
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