Assistive technology to support people with autism spectrum disorders

Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Research-Based Principles and Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 295-311

  Spence Cochran, Kim ^a   Pearl, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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