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Brief report: Competitive employment of adults with autism

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  1. S. Paige Fuller (Director)

    Present address: San Antonio Autism Center, San Antonio, Texas

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA

    Diana B. Burt, S. Paige Fuller (Director) & Kay R. Lewis

  2. Neuropsychology Clinic, University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute, 1300 Moursund, 77030, Houston, Texas

    Diana B. Burt, S. Paige Fuller (Director) & Kay R. Lewis

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We gratefully acknowledge Heidi Anderson and Michael Persicano for their teaching efforts, Katherine Loveland for her diagnostic help, Ed Bradshaw for his counseling support, and two anonymous reviewers for comments on a draft of this article.

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Burt, D.B., Fuller, S.P. & Lewis, K.R. Brief report: Competitive employment of adults with autism. J Autism Dev Disord 21, 237–242 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02284763

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