However, her defences were also met with criticism — not only for the way she spoke about sex workers and people living with drug addiction, but for the tone she used to respond to autistic people who were expressing their own valid concerns.
"Several autistic actors, myself included, responded to these tweets," one Twitter user wrote. "We all said we could have acted in it on short notice. These excuses are just that — excuses. The fact of the matter is zero effort was made to include anyone who is actually autistic."
To which Sia responded: "Maybe you're just a bad actor."