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Autism, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning

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  1. Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK

    Richard Cowan & Liz Pellicano

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  1. Department of Education, Centre for Mathematics Education, London South Bank University, London, UK

    Stephen Lerman

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Cowan, R., Pellicano, L. (2020). Autism, Special Needs, and Mathematics Learning. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15789-0_19

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