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Advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered 150 homeopaths operating in the UK to stop claiming they can cure autism.
Five of them face prosecution for advertising a treatment called Cease therapy, which has no scientific basis and is potentially harmful.
The National Autistic Society says autism is part of who people are and it is wrong to claim that it can be cured.
The Society of Homeopaths said the therapy may now be renamed.
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.
Therapists claim they can cure autism by removing these 'harmful' substances with homeopathic remedies and dietary supplements.
But there is no scientific evidence for any link between vaccines and autism, and experts say Cease therapy is potentially harmful.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47666939
Five of them face prosecution for advertising a treatment called Cease therapy, which has no scientific basis and is potentially harmful.
The National Autistic Society says autism is part of who people are and it is wrong to claim that it can be cured.
The Society of Homeopaths said the therapy may now be renamed.
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.
Therapists claim they can cure autism by removing these 'harmful' substances with homeopathic remedies and dietary supplements.
But there is no scientific evidence for any link between vaccines and autism, and experts say Cease therapy is potentially harmful.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47666939
