So apparently not only is Sia’s movie Music a downright constant insult to autistic people portraying a full on mockery of stereotypical autistic mannerisms by Maddie Ziegler:
autisticats: I’m watching Sia’s movie, in order to write a detailed & chronological review (so that nobody else watches it out of curiosity).
But for now, I just want the public to see a few things that speak for themselves, starting with this image.
[Picture of Maddie Ziegler with her eyes rolled back, teeth over her lower lip; stereotypical autistic mannerisms or body language.]
This performance is a caricature of autistic body language. It’s unsettling, and insincere. And it is deeply reminiscent of the exaggerated mannerisms non-autistic people often employ when bullying autistic & developmentally disabled people for the ways we move.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the ways autistic people move, or the ways we make facial expressions.
Some of us roll our eyes and put our teeth over our lips as a stim or just because it’s comfortable.
But we do those things naturally. Maddie Ziegler does not.
BUT ALSO SHE’S IN FUCKING BLACKFACE IN THE MOVIE?
Picture of Maddie Ziegler in blackface below the read more:
