Academic achievement profiles of children with high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome: A review of the literature

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-560

  Whitby, Peggy J Schaefer ^a   Mancil, G Richmond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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