Kerri Rivera

Kerri Rivera is an American formerly based in Chicago, Illinois, who worked as a licensed real estate agent before pivoting to alternative autism treatment advocacy after her son Patrick was diagnosed with autism in 2004. She attended the Los Angeles School of Homeopathy from 2010 to 2013, obtaining a D.Hom certificate—a basic homeopathy qualification she has described as equivalent to a medical degree, though it is not. She has also presented herself to parents as a homeopathic practitioner with expertise in autism.

Rivera developed her MMS ('Miracle Mineral Solution') autism protocol after encountering chlorine dioxide through the writings of Jim Humble, who invented MMS as an anti-malaria treatment and marketed it globally. Rivera adapted and elaborated the protocol specifically for autistic children, adding chlorine dioxide enemas administered multiple times per day to the oral doses. Her 2013 book 'Healing the Symptoms Known as Autism' laid out the protocol in detail, and she claimed at conferences including AutismOne that over 600 children had been fully 'recovered' from autism. Medical authorities note that what Rivera describes as 'recovery'—children becoming quieter, less reactive—may be a trauma response to the pain of the treatment.

In 2015, the Illinois Attorney General obtained a court order barring Rivera from marketing her MMS protocol in the state, finding she had violated consumer fraud law. Amazon removed her book and other MMS-related materials in 2019 following investigative reporting by NBC News that documented parents sharing videos of children vomiting and passing what Rivera told them were 'parasites' but physicians identified as shed intestinal lining. At approximately the same time, Rivera relocated, eventually settling in Germany.

In July 2024, German police raided Rivera's home and seized her computers and phone. She was accused of causing bodily harm to a child whose parent she had advised via Telegram. The legal proceedings remained ongoing as of early 2026. Rivera continues to maintain online communities and promote her protocol internationally through encrypted messaging apps, representing a continuing danger to autistic children worldwide whose parents have been persuaded that conventional medicine has failed them and that a 'cure' is available.

“Chlorine dioxide (MMS) administered orally and as enemas can cure autism by eliminating intestinal parasites”

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition with no known cure. The 'parasite' framework is entirely fabricated—the 'worms' expelled during MMS protocols are shed intestinal lining caused by the bleach's chemical damage. Chlorine dioxide causes vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory failure, kidney damage, and can cause death. No clinical evidence supports any benefit for autism.

“The tissue expelled during MMS treatment is parasitic worms, not bodily damage”

Physicians examining children subjected to this protocol have confirmed that the expelled material is intestinal mucosa—shed lining of the gastrointestinal tract caused by chemical burns from chlorine dioxide. The misidentification of this harm as therapeutic is a dangerous deception.