- The Indianapolis woman was using a mixture called the ‘miracle mineral solution’
- The child’s father called police after he discovered that his wife was feeding the girl bleach
- Child protective services has taken over custody of the child following the incident
- Autism has no cure, and it’s not safe to ingest bleach in any form
A woman in Indiana is accused of trying to cure her daughter’s autism by making the child drink bleach.
The child’s father reported that his wife was trying to sneak drops of bleach into the child’s drink. He stated that his wife read about the mixture in a group on Facebook and called it the ‘miracle mineral solution’.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the report and the child has been taken out of the home by child services, according to Fox 59. The family has not been identified.
There’s no cure for autism, and giving anyone bleach for any reason is dangerous and will not cure anything
The unidentified Indianapolis woman gave her child bleach in the hopes of curing her daughter’s autism after reading about the ‘treatment’ on the internet
According to the same report, the ‘miracle mineral solution’ is touted online as a cure for nearly any ailment online – however, it’s just bleach. Autism has no cure.
It’s common for parents to look for ways to treat autism, the Applied Behavioral Center for Autism said.
‘Taking things into their own hands is something that many parents have done out of desperation, out of hope,’ president and founder Sherry Quinn said.
‘Parents reach out for whatever they can to help their child. If it seems to good to be true, it probably is,’ Quinn added, referring to autism remedies..
Behavioral Center Clinical Director Kelly Goudreau added, ‘I think it’s really important to look at what’s been researched and what’s been clinically effective.’
President and founder of the Applied Behavioral Center for Autism Sherry Quinn (above) says that autism remedies are ‘too good to be true’ and should be avoided