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Research Article

“We’ve got to fight; that’s the story of our lives”: advocacy experience of immigrant families of children with autism spectrum disorder

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Pages 1030-1044 | Received 15 Jul 2020, Accepted 25 Feb 2022, Published online: 02 Mar 2022

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