Sia admitted that she is one of the neuroatypical people.
During an episode of Rob Has a Podcast hosted by Rob Cesternino, the 47-year-old singer revealed that she was late diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
“I’m on the spectrum, and I’m in rehab and all that — there’s a lot of stuff,” she said. For 45 years, I thought, “I have to put on my human costume.” And it’s only in the last two years that I’ve truly become myself. »
The Chandelier singer, who has been open about her battle with drug addiction, opened up about her sobriety and neuroatypia in more detail with Survivor contestant Carolyn Wiger. “I think one of the most important things is that if you’re full of secrets and you live in shame, no one can ever know you and love you,” Sia clarified.
She then explained how much the support in self-help groups had helped her. “When we finally sit down in a room full of strangers and tell them our deepest, most shameful secrets and everyone laughs with us and it’s not the first time we feel like trash, it makes us feel seen for the first time in our lives.” for that, what we really are, and then we can begin to go out into the world…”
The announcement comes two years after the artist was the target of a petition from people with autism to cast longtime collaborator Maddie Ziegler as the non-verbal autistic character in his debut feature film Music, which was filmed in 2021, although that isn’t the case.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are neurological and developmental disorders that affect the way people interact, communicate, learn and behave. They vary from person to person.