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Research Articles

Emotional availability in mothers and their children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 who require augmentative and alternative communication: a mixed-methods pilot study

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Pages 161-172 | Received 24 Aug 2021, Accepted 08 Aug 2022, Published online: 26 Oct 2022

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