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It is absolutely unbearable for me to see actual millions of people celebrate @Sia upcoming movie „Music“ while the marginalized minority of autistic people is desperately trying to stop it from happening.
This is our life.
And the people with power to change it don‘t care.
This is our life.
And the people with power to change it don‘t care.
It is not okay to pretend to be autistic, mimic autistic stimming and other autistic behaviors.
It‘s not okay to use autism as a costume.
It‘s not okay to use autistic people for fame and profit.
It‘s not okay to steal our narratives and speak for and over us.
It‘s not okay.
It‘s not okay to use autism as a costume.
It‘s not okay to use autistic people for fame and profit.
It‘s not okay to steal our narratives and speak for and over us.
It‘s not okay.
Thousands of autistics work daily to educate about autism, being autistic, proper representation, the importance of
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!!!
We do this work, often for free, and pay the emotional, mental, and physical price for it - and still get ignored.
STOP ALREADY!
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!!!
We do this work, often for free, and pay the emotional, mental, and physical price for it - and still get ignored.
STOP ALREADY!
The fact that @maddieziegler watched youtube videos filmed by non-autistic parents without the informed consent of their autistic children, including meltdown videos to „prepare“ for her „role“...it makes me SICK.
Yet non-autistics celebrate her for it.
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!!
Yet non-autistics celebrate her for it.
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!!
The fact that @Sia talked to „an autism centre“ instead of the autistic community...everything about this is wrong and harmful.
It‘s 2020. Autistics fought to be listened to for DECADES now...and many of us didn’t survive that fight.
Yet here we are, spoken for and over AGAIN.
It‘s 2020. Autistics fought to be listened to for DECADES now...and many of us didn’t survive that fight.
Yet here we are, spoken for and over AGAIN.
IMMEDIATELY after releasing the trailer to „Music“, dozens of autistic people, self-advocates and activists, spoke up, educated why it‘s so deeply harmful.
You could have gotten our input so EASILY, so QUICKLY, and prevented this from happening.
But. You. CHOSE. Not. To.
You could have gotten our input so EASILY, so QUICKLY, and prevented this from happening.
But. You. CHOSE. Not. To.
Now a deeply harmful movie was made.
Now autistic people will again be painted as the ruiners of fun and entertainment, mocked for caring, silenced and attacked by fans of a celebrity for fighting for our existence and each other.
Unnecessary, preventable suffering. Again.
Now autistic people will again be painted as the ruiners of fun and entertainment, mocked for caring, silenced and attacked by fans of a celebrity for fighting for our existence and each other.
Unnecessary, preventable suffering. Again.
When I, an actual autistic person, watch the trailer to „Music“, I see a non-autistic person mimicking stimming, autistic mannerisms, and being non-speaking.
Things autistic people are marginalized, mocked, bullied, punished, and yes murdered for daily.
It‘s disgusting.
Things autistic people are marginalized, mocked, bullied, punished, and yes murdered for daily.
It‘s disgusting.
This is not their thing to take.
This is not their narrative to tell.
This is not their lives.
This is not their right.
I so wish celebrities stopped doing whatever they please just because they can and started prioritizing the real lives of the people their actions affect.
This is not their narrative to tell.
This is not their lives.
This is not their right.
I so wish celebrities stopped doing whatever they please just because they can and started prioritizing the real lives of the people their actions affect.
I cried myself to sleep last night because of this.
I know I‘m not the only autistic person very deeply harmed by this.
This movie must not see the light of day.
Just once, do the right thing, listen to autistic people and stop the harm while you still can. Stop this movie.
I know I‘m not the only autistic person very deeply harmed by this.
This movie must not see the light of day.
Just once, do the right thing, listen to autistic people and stop the harm while you still can. Stop this movie.
And for any non-autistic person who wants to create content about autism:
Stop. Get autistic people to do it instead.
Nothing about with without us.
It‘s the only acceptable way.
The end.
Stop. Get autistic people to do it instead.
Nothing about with without us.
It‘s the only acceptable way.
The end.
PS:
@Sia how are you stopping and will you stop your millions of fans from mocking, silencing, attacking, etc. the autistic people who speak up against the harm of your movie?
Because you did this.
It is your responsibility.
You can stop this so easily if you chose to do so.
@Sia how are you stopping and will you stop your millions of fans from mocking, silencing, attacking, etc. the autistic people who speak up against the harm of your movie?
Because you did this.
It is your responsibility.
You can stop this so easily if you chose to do so.
PPS:
This affects me so deeply, that I (yet again) need to get off social media and can‘t do either my self-advocacy, nor my activism anymore for the time being.
This is one real life effect this harm has on me.
Am I going to get compensated for this suffering?
I wish...
This affects me so deeply, that I (yet again) need to get off social media and can‘t do either my self-advocacy, nor my activism anymore for the time being.
This is one real life effect this harm has on me.
Am I going to get compensated for this suffering?
I wish...
And as expected, @Sia is pulling the
„Subject yourself to more harm than I already subjected you to before you are allowed to speak!“
card all non-autistics pull when they made harmful autism content and autistics call them out as early as they can to prevent further harm. https://twitter.com/sia/status/1329737397190451201
„Subject yourself to more harm than I already subjected you to before you are allowed to speak!“
card all non-autistics pull when they made harmful autism content and autistics call them out as early as they can to prevent further harm. https://twitter.com/sia/status/1329737397190451201
@Sia ALSO mocks a disabled actor who spoke up and said they would have been available and ready for the role...because of course.
Really checking all the boxes.
And thousands of tweets from her fans supporting her, not autistic lives...because of course.
Every time.
Tired. https://twitter.com/sia/status/1329738992519147521
Really checking all the boxes.
And thousands of tweets from her fans supporting her, not autistic lives...because of course.
Every time.
Tired. https://twitter.com/sia/status/1329738992519147521
For non-autistic people, this is just a movie about autism.
Some entertainment.
It doesn‘t affect them.
They‘ll forget about it.
For autistic people the harm is real.
It affects our lives.
It was done to us by non-autistics (again) - but fixing it will be left to us (again).
Some entertainment.
It doesn‘t affect them.
They‘ll forget about it.
For autistic people the harm is real.
It affects our lives.
It was done to us by non-autistics (again) - but fixing it will be left to us (again).
I‘m so sick and tired of non-autistics being allowed to do this to us.
I‘m so sick and tired of them having this kind of power and zero consequences to even think about, let alone fear or actually experiencing.
This autmisia has got to stop.
We need powerful allies to back us.
I‘m so sick and tired of them having this kind of power and zero consequences to even think about, let alone fear or actually experiencing.
This autmisia has got to stop.
We need powerful allies to back us.
Sia„wanted to make Rain Man the musical, but with girls.“
Yes, this is an actual quote, you can watch the interview linked in the quoted tweet if you want. I‘d advise you don‘t watch it if you are autistic, but of course it‘s up to you.
Yeah. None of this is by mistake folks. https://twitter.com/ponderfuluk/status/1329800297460486145
Yes, this is an actual quote, you can watch the interview linked in the quoted tweet if you want. I‘d advise you don‘t watch it if you are autistic, but of course it‘s up to you.
Yeah. None of this is by mistake folks. https://twitter.com/ponderfuluk/status/1329800297460486145
Fuck. I can feel the overwhelm from this building up again.
I need to leave.
I can't cope with being this powerless.
Everything about this is wrong wrong wrong. Someone make it stop. Please make it stop. Please.
I need to leave.
I can't cope with being this powerless.
Everything about this is wrong wrong wrong. Someone make it stop. Please make it stop. Please.
@Sia
Fuck. I wish I could hold you accountable for the harm you are doing to me personally and my autistic community.
I so wish I had that power.
Fuck. I wish I could hold you accountable for the harm you are doing to me personally and my autistic community.
I so wish I had that power.
