Is Asperger Syndrome Necessarily Viewed as a Disability?

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 186-191

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992791949     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10883576020170030801     Document Type: Article

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