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Reading Comprehension Impairments in School-Aged Children with HFA

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  1. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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McIntyre, N.S. (2020). Reading Comprehension Impairments in School-Aged Children with HFA. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102378-1

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