Cultural Validity in Assessment Instruments for Children with Autism from a Chinese Cultural Perspective.
@article{Zhang2006CulturalVI, title={Cultural Validity in Assessment Instruments for Children with Autism from a Chinese Cultural Perspective.}, author={Jie Zhang and John J. Wheeler and Dean Richey}, journal={International journal of special education}, year={2006}, volume={21}, pages={109-114} }
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