Thread by @rollwthepunches

This tweet alone contradicts itSELF. That's a new feat.

You REHEARSED with an autistic girl - meaning it was written and moving into production. But when that didn't work, you chose to WRITE IT for Maddie. Was it... not... written yet? To be able to rehearse?

https://twitter.com/Sia/status/1332297136680013826

Her own subconscious lied on her.

She'd been telling people sporadically for 5yrs she'd been writing a movie for Maddie...even teaching all Stevie's "tics and movements and vocalizations" herSELF.

But last wk it was always "they suggested I use Maddie" "I chose to cast Maddie".

But now she's likely been reading/hearing all the many, many times she said she wrote this for Mads, and her subconscious just snuck that one in there for us.

Btw, Maddie also objected to this role "during rehearsal". Is that when you brought this autistic girl in?

And bc you made 0 effort to make the production accessible to an #ActuallyAutistic actress, when she felt it was too much for her, you were like "ah welp too bad, we tried. so anyway Maddie, all on you, tight ship!"

Bc piecing together the 6 diff stories you told now, it fits.

Have you considered it was your moral obligation, when telling #ActuallyAustistic stories, to make the set and production as accessible and welcoming to the disabled person you'd cast for the part?

That it was literally your JOB to make it NOT too overwhelming for them?

Orrrr..... did you fail to realize that would NEVER be possible bc the story you chose to tell is wholly unrealistic to 99% of autistics?

That it relies on putting them in absurdly overstimuating, loud, chaotic and vocal environments to really SELL the breakthrough?

Thought so.