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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Quack Exposed: Dr. Richard Boles

Aviva Seigler

Dr. Richard Boles is a medical geneticist and pediatrician. He specializes in mitochondrial medicine functional disease (this includes cyclic vomiting syndrome, and other atypical forms of migraine and chronic fatigue syndrome) and autism. The purpose of his private practice in Medical Genetics is to apply DNA sequencing to the "health of the child." Personal Statement… Continue reading Quack Exposed: Dr. Richard Boles

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Quackery Exposed: Neurofeedback/biofeedback

Aviva Seigler

Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback. Neurofeedback is the direct training of brain function. Practitioners claim it helps the brain function more efficiently. The brain is observed in action from "moment to moment." The information is shown back to the patient. The brain gets rewarded for changing its own activity to more typical patterns. This… Continue reading Quackery Exposed: Neurofeedback/biofeedback

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Quackery exposed: intensive suit therapy

Aviva Seigler

An experimental therapy, intensive suit therapy provides a child with proper posture, muscle tone and patterns of movement impaired by disability.  It's considered experimental because there is very little independent data on it. There is inadequate evidence of its effectiveness. There are published anecdotal accounts. The FDA considers it a class one limb orthosis brace.… Continue reading Quackery exposed: intensive suit therapy

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Quackery Exposed: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Aviva Seigler

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is when pure oxygen is in a pressurized room, tube or chamber. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a proven medical treatment for specific medical conditions. These conditions are: Decompression sickness (a hazard of scuba diving) serious infections emboli (bubbles of air in blood vessels)  wounds that won't head as a result of diabetes… Continue reading Quackery Exposed: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

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Quack Exposed: Dr. Christian Bogner

Aviva Seigler

Dr. Christian Bogner is a board-certified OB/GYN who graduated from Poznan Unversity of Medical Sciences in 2005. Dr. Bogner completed his residency at St. John Hospital and Medical Center. He is affiliated with Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He also completed his certificate in Plant-based nutrition at Cornell University. He DID NOT GO TO… Continue reading Quack Exposed: Dr. Christian Bogner