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[–]PassionateIntensity 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

A month or so ago. She made a movie about autism and the autists aren't happy.

[–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Wonder when it'll be a man's turn to be canceled

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

They were considering cancelling Eddie Izzard, but then they couldn't.

[–]julesburm1891 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh Lordy.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I mean, it's hard to tell from the trailer, but it looks like your standard 'aren't people with mental disabilities inspiring and special', when A) the reality of living with autism (both carers and people with autism) is mentally/emotionally draining at best, and B) she's behaving as if she's got a few more other developmental disabilities/issues, not just autism on its own.

It also doesn't help that Sia didn't do an ounce of research online and didn't realise Autism Speaks is a terribly harmful organisation that treats autism as if it's curable, which it isn't. Just five minutes on Google brings up results about the horrible things they promote and scare tactics they use to frighten parents into thinking that their child will essentially ruin their lives if they're not cured.

Sorry for the quick rant, but I hope this clears things up a bit.