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Impact of child factors on parenting stress of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: a UK school-based study

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Pages 1555-1566 | Received 22 Jul 2019, Accepted 17 Aug 2019, Published online: 24 Aug 2019

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