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Woods, R. (2019). Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102293-1
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