Author: Aviva Seigler

Aviva Seigler is the executive director at Fierce Autistics and Allies. She is a writer, an activist, and an advocate. She is an LGBTQ+ autistic from South Florida, is married to a very supportive husband, and has six children. She has been fighting the CD protocol and other quack treatments since 2014. She is a veterinary technologist (LPN for pets). She has her associates and bachelors degree in Veterinary Technology from St. Petersburg College. She is very involved with scouting with her six children. Three of the children are autistic but all are Neurodivergent. Her hope is to bridge the gap between allies and autistics while fighting the pseudoscience that threatens all people, not just autistics.
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Quackery Exposed: Functional Medicine

Aviva Seigler

  Functional medicine is a form of alternative medicine (sometimes called integrative medicine) that includes a large number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments of different diseases, illnesses and disabilities. They claim that they focus on the "root causes" of different conditions based on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune… Continue reading Quackery Exposed: Functional Medicine

Anti Vax Quacks, Autism One Quacks, quacks

Quack Exposed: Jenny McCarthy

Aviva Seigler

Jenny McCarthy is a prominent voice in the anti vaccine movement. She an actress and celebrity who started off as a playboy bunny. She was born on November 1, 1972 in Chicago, IL. She gained her fame on a 1990's MTV dating show called "Singled Out." She has since appeared on "Just Shoot Me!" and… Continue reading Quack Exposed: Jenny McCarthy

quackery, quackery myths

Quack Myth Exposed: Candida and Autism

Aviva Seigler

What is Candida? According to the CDC, candida is a common yeast, a type of fungus, that normally lives on the skin and inside the body. It can be found in the mouth, throat, gut and vagina without causing any problems. It can cause infections, called candiasis,  if it grows out of control or if… Continue reading Quack Myth Exposed: Candida and Autism

ABA, ableism, autistic culture, Discrimination

There are Laws Protecting Children from Working too Much but what about Disabled Kids in Too Much Therapy?

Aviva Seigler

There are laws protecting children pertaining to how long they work, at what age and if it is during school hours or on school days. The same rules should apply to disabled children being put in therapies. There are some children who are in some therapies for more than 40 hours a week! Besides ABA… Continue reading There are Laws Protecting Children from Working too Much but what about Disabled Kids in Too Much Therapy?

quack diets, Quack Supplements, quackery

Quackery Exposed: Jilly Juice

Aviva Seigler

Jillian Mai Thi Epperly who is 44 years old and from Canton, Ohio is the creator of a substance called Jilly Juice. She was born in Vietnam. She moved to the United States in May, 1975. She was under two years old when she was adopted by her American parents.  She claims there is a… Continue reading Quackery Exposed: Jilly Juice