Game Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 248-253

  Ferguson, Bill ^a   Anderson Hanley, Cay ^b   Mazurek, Micah O ^c   Parsons, Sarah ^d   Warren, Zachary ^e  

^a Mary Ann Liebert   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84994032142     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2012.0717     Document Type: Review

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