Sia has apologized to the autistic community for her directorial debut “Music” after the film generated backlash for its casting of neurotypical actor Maddie Ziegler as a non-verbal autistic person.

"MUSIC in no way condones or recommends the use of restraint on autistic people," Sia tweeted Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

The celebrities are back at it again. Since the disaster of that “Imagine” video from approximately 25 years ago, the rich and famous have largely seemed to recognize that this is neither the time nor ...

This is certainly no ordinary concert. The nonprofit Music for Autism uses song and dance to give autistic children and their parents not just a place to feel welcome, but a place to feel free. "What ...

The controversy surrounding Sia and the depiction of autism in her recent film Music continues to grow. In recent days, a Change.org petition calling for the Golden Globes to rescind the film's two ...

“I was born ready,” Zayne Harshaw said as he sat with his parents and began to share about his life. For Harshaw, it seemed he was ready even when others were not. Diagnosed with autism at age 4, he ...

Sia's new movie "Music" has outraged the autism community, for both the casting of a neurotypical actress in the role of an autistic character as well as for showing scenes where the character is ...

Autism isn’t an easy thing to deal with, especially with society often discriminating against autistic individuals, seeing them, and treating them as “inferior”. Independent musician, esports ...

I do not think Ziegler is making fun of anyone. However, a lack of malice does not reduce the acute discomfort of watching her clumsily ape disability. Ziegler is a teenager, and by reassuring her ...

Australian recording artist Sia has apologized for the depiction of autism in her directorial feature debut, Music, after the movie surprisingly snagged two Golden Globe nominations. The film has ...

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists ...