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

Australian star who was widely criticised for 2021 film Music that depicted an autistic character says that in the years since ‘I have become fully myself’

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.”