There are autistic occupational therapists that specialise in sensory processing who can be consulted to explain safe ways to provide proprioceptive, deep-pressure feedback to help w meltdown safety.”Īt the time, Sia did not allude to being neuroatypical herself. Music in no way condones or recommends the use of restraint on autistic people. The motion picture Music will, moving forward, have this warning at the head of the movie. I listened to the wrong people and that is my responsibility, my research was clearly not thorough enough, not wide enough,” she said. “I plan to remove the restraint scenes from all future printings.
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However, she then issued a series of apologies on Twitter before deleting her account. The singer initially defended her directorial debut, saying it was “completely” based on the experiences of a “neuroatypical friend”.
Meanwhile, a petition to cancel its release circulated online. The film, which Sia had described as “a love letter to caregivers and to the autism community”, was nominated for two Golden Globes. Critics also denounced the inclusion of a controversial scene in which Ziegler’s character is held in a face-down prone restraint during an episode of overstimulation. The film, which follows a non-speaking autistic teenager and her carer, sparked backlash for its clumsy portrayal of the condition and its casting of the neurotypical actress Maddie Ziegler – who has appeared in some of the singer’s best-known music videos (including Chandelier and Elastic Heart) – in a lead role.Ī Guardian review from the time referred to the choice as problematic, “especially given the cartoonishness of her portrayal, which sees her gurning, grimacing and mumbling through her scenes”. Following a two-decade career as a songwriter, singer and performer, Sia branched into film-making in 2021 with the release of the musical drama Music.
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