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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Safi Bugel

Pop singer and film-maker Sia announces she is on autism spectrum

Sia on the set of Music.
Sia on the set of Music which she directed. Photograph: Signature Entertainment

Two years after she drew criticism for her depiction of autism in the film Music, Sia has announced that she is on the autism spectrum.

The Australian pop star and film-maker shared her experience publicly for the first time on a podcast about the American TV series Survivor. “I’m on the spectrum,” she said. “I’ve felt like for 45 years, I was like, ‘I’ve got to go put my human suit on’,” she said. “And only in the last two years have I become fully myself.”

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