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Ray-Subramanian, C. (2013). Motivation Assessment Scale. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1680
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