Developing a Phenomenology of Autism

Shaughnessy, N., Green, J., Williams, E., Smith, J. A., Tzovaras, B. G., Aitkenhead, G., Milton, D., Jones, E. J., & Buckle, K. L. (2024). Developing a Phenomenology of Autism. In The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies (pp. 233-256). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66127-3_14

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