The “elimination of autistic expression”

The Times newspaper article today.

Advert about autism ‘misleading’, ASAI rules

The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint against a homeopathic clinic based in DublinALAMY

An advertisement claiming that a homeopathic therapy could lead to the “complete elimination” of autism was misleading and created a fear of vaccinations, the advertising watchdog has ruled.

The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) upheld a complaint against As I Am Clinic, a homeopathic and craniosacral therapy clinic based in Dublin.

The clinic stated on its website that it offered Cease therapy for the treatment of children and adults presenting with autism. Cease stands for “complete elimination of autistic spectrum expression”.

The watchdog ruled that the advertisement was misleading, lacked any evidence to substantiate the claims and could result in a fear of vaccinations in consumers. It ruled that the advert could not reappear in its present form.

The clinic told the ASAI it was “very confident in the work” and “felt blessed to know and work with Cease therapy”, adding that it would continue to work in this area. The clinic asked the watchdog to explain how the advertising “lacked truthfulness, honesty and substantiation”. It also queried whether the watchdog had researched the therapy.

The clinic said it would remove “complete elimination autistic spectrum expression” from its website because it was “too open for criticism and misinterpretation”. It said that the removal had no bearing, nor changed in any way, how they felt about Cease therapy and its effectiveness.

Mags Fitzgerald, who owns and runs the clinic, did not respond to requests for comment.

The complaint was among 13 of 16 complaints that were upheld by the ASAI. Other companies eliciting complaints included Argos, Universal Pictures Ireland, the Musgrave group and Flanagans Furniture.

A complaint against a radio advert for the Sunday Business Post newspaper was also upheld after it described its team of journalists as “young and dynamic”. The complainant considered the advert to be ageist and discriminatory and the complaint was upheld on the grounds that “the reference to age would reasonably give rise to offence”.

Siobhan O’Hagan, an influencer also known as OH Fitness, also had a complaint against her upheld for failing to properly label sponsored posts. Ms O’Hagan published three pictures while wearing MyProtein clothing but did not mention that she was a sponsored athlete for the brand.

The complaint was upheld and the watchdog said that every post “where the brand was featured or mentioned, irrespective of whether that post was part of a contractual arrangement or not” should be marked with appropriate hashtags such as #ad or #spon.

Meanwhile, nine complaints against a television advert for Lenor fabric softener were not upheld. The advert asked if using the product on bedsheets could give customers “bedgasms’” — a phrase complainants described as “overtly sexual in nature”. The ASAI ruled that the ad “was light-hearted and humorous and that the content of the advertisement was not sexual in nature”.

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cease therapy..,!!!

  • I don't condone violence. Accidents however............

    Most people that get "sloshed" in prison have just fell foul of hot water and sugar...........

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  • I think if Illinois prosecuted it would be prison unfortunately her moronic followers would just turn her into a martyr for going, but alot of accidents happen to people who hurt kids in prison so we can hope

  • She seems to have a pathological desire to abuse vulnerable children. What she did to Fiona O'Leary should have been a case for prosecution, never mind the opposite!

    Hopefully she gets put in a jail in Illinois. Child abusing scum. Mind you I don't know the agreement she had or Illinois State legislation. If not jail, a nice lawsuit that leaves her broke would do. I'm not the malicious type, but it would only be justice.

  • I'm not sure what the source is or the actual quote is but something like...

    "If it wasn't for autistics the human race would still be sat in a cave talking about 'feelings and sh!t' instead of having put people on the moon and and sent probes to the far reaches of the solar system..."

    So 'F*** YOU!' anyone who wants to try to 'cure' some of the most innovative and best minds humanity has ever seen...

    Screw your desire for 'convenience' and a child who 'fits in'... moulds were made to be broken, you only discover new continents by sailing over the horizon, not by sticking to the status quo...

    Stuff your fear of what you don't understand...

    Open your eyes, open your minds, open your hearts, there is more in this world than are dreamt of in your narrow-minded NT box of what is 'acceptable'...

    (yeah, I'm 'a bit squiffy' again... I'm on holiday, so it's fine!)

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  • And that is actually being allowed!!!

  • I know, she at the moment is trying to gather evidence against Emma dalmayne and fiona o'Leary aswell as others to pursue legal action against them for reporting parents in her groups and trying to smear her good name! 

    I good news though Kerri seems to have inadvertently posted proof that she breached her signed agreement with the Illinois attorney general not to promote her crap in that state. Now let's hope they act on it.

  • Kerri Rivera is pure evil. The smear campaigns she has put on people who have criticised her are cruel too.

  • Yep but she has still got other Facebook groups ketokerri for one. Not to mention her giant billboards in Texas at the moment. 

  • The advert asked if using the product on bedsheets could give customers “bedgasms’”

    I wouldn't use it to wash black sheets then..........

  • What is this CEASE therapy? 

    Been quite a few threads on it. Same bullshit as "leaky gut", and the other quack stuff.

  • Good to hear Ireland have followed suit with the UK.

    Kerri Rivera has been particuarly active in Ireland too recently.

    On the subject of that ***, Facebook have caved in.

    https://www.patheos.com/blogs/withoutacrystalball/2019/04/woman-that-promotes-controversial-autism-cure-loses-facebook-groups/

    I see that NAS39248 has put up a link to Emma's petition.

    Anyone who want's to find out how utterly fucking nefarious these people are, just put in quack cures in the search bar.

  • That is cease therapy 

  • Partially, some are feeding the children their own feceas 

  • I reported a homeopath advertising this therapy on Facebook, 

    There are several petitions to government about making these dangerous quack "cures" like mms illegal. 

    https://www.change.org/p/phillip-dunne-make-autistic-cures-illegal-in-the-uk

    Two great activists campaigning this are Emma dalmayne and fiona o'Leary 

  • What they mean is "CEASE therapy will train your autie to mask like a motherfecker so that the 'expression' of their natural state is suppressed"

    What they don't say is that this will be AT BEST exhausting and ultimately futile as said autie will be miserable AF...

    ... and AT WORST will result in said autie killing themselves...

    Never mind the ASAI upholding a complaint, we should go round and firebomb these feckers...

    Yeah, I expect this post will get 'moderated' but screw it, I'm tired of being silenced in contravention of the right to free expression...

  • no! don't drink the water !!!

  • By diluting their tinctures they get stronger?

    I'm around 800 miles away - does that mean I'll overdose if I have a glass of water?

  • How do homeopaths cure autism?    What is this CEASE therapy?     Is this another bleach & sink plunger treatment?  Smiley