Advertising watchdog rules fake autism 'cure' adverts must stop
Advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority has ordered 150 homeopaths operating in the UK to stop claiming they can cure autism.
The National Autistic Society says autism is part of who people are and it is wrong to claim that it can be cured.Cease stands for the Complete Elimination of Autism Spectrum Expression. It is a form of homeopathy, based on the idea that toxins in the environment and vaccines may cause autism. But there is no scientific evidence for any link between vaccines and autism, and experts say Cease therapy is potentially harmful.Prof Nicola Martin, from London South Bank University, advised the Westminster Commission on autism and said Cease therapy was"based on no scientific foundation whatsoever"."Psychologically it's really harmful to give parents the idea that the way to love and nurture their autistic child is to try and cure their autism.
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