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Brief report: The relationship of learning disabilities and higher-level autism

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    Victoria Shea & Gary B. Mesibov

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This work was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service, Maternal and Child Health Project, No. 916 and Grant HD-03110.

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Shea, V., Mesibov, G.B. Brief report: The relationship of learning disabilities and higher-level autism. J Autism Dev Disord 15, 425–435 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01531787

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