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Young African American Children with Disabilities and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Issues

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Parette, P., Huer, M.B. & Wyatt, T.A. Young African American Children with Disabilities and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Issues. Early Childhood Education Journal 29, 201–207 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014592810829

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