Influencer Urges Mother and father to Give Youngsters Bleach to Deal with Autism Regardless of Experiences of Vomiting, Struggling Seizures: Report
A social media influencer is below fireplace for selling a harmful and discredited chemical as a so-called “autism remedy,” regardless of alarming experiences of significant hurt to youngsters.
Kerri Rivera, who has over 17,000 followers on Instagram, encourages dad and mom to manage chlorine dioxide (CD)—an industrial bleach utilized in textile manufacturing and disinfection—orally and by enema to their autistic youngsters. Rivera falsely claims this “protocol” rids the physique of parasites she believes trigger autism.
Messages from Rivera’s personal assist group present dad and mom reporting disturbing unwanted effects, together with vomiting, rashes, seizures, and chemical-smelling urine. Regardless of these signs, Rivera routinely reassures followers that these are indicators the bleach is “working” and the physique is “detoxifying.”
Ingesting chlorine dioxide can lead to extreme vomiting, liver failure, respiratory issues, developmental delays and dying.
Tim Nicholls of the Nationwide Autistic Society referred to as Rivera’s claims “sickening.”
“This data is fallacious, harmful and dangerous to autistic individuals and their households,” Nicholls instructed The Impartial.
“No autistic particular person, mum or dad or carer ought to be instructed to ‘remedy’ their youngster by administering a harmful, doubtlessly life-threatening chemical,” he continued. “Autism is a lifelong neurodivergence and incapacity, it isn’t a illness that may be ‘handled’ or ‘cured.'”
TikTok has eliminated Rivera’s account, and Amazon eliminated her storefront the place she earned fee on merchandise she advisable to manage “protocols.” Her Instagram stays energetic.
Advocacy teams are urging social media platforms and authorities businesses to take stronger motion towards the promotion of poisonous remedies and to encourage dad and mom to hunt recommendation from trusted medical professionals.
Rivera has not responded to the rising backlash.
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