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Brief report: Planning problems in autism at the level of motor control

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  1. Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, DeCrespigny Park, Denmark Hill, SE 5 8AF, London, UK

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This study was conducted during the course of a doctoral thesis at Cambridge University under the supervision of James Russell, funded by a grant from the Medical Research Council, and written while in receipt of a grant from the Fyssen Foundation, Paris. Warm thanks go to the pupils and staff at the following schools for children with autism: Broom-Hayes, Westward Ho!; Hope Lodge, Southampton; Peterhouse, Southport; Portfield, Christchurch; Priory, Doncaster. Many thanks also to the pupils and staff at the following schools for children with MLD: Horizons, London; Lady Adrian, Cambridge; Rees Thomas, Cambridge; and to Millington Road and ACE Nursery schools in Cambridge.

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Hughes, C. Brief report: Planning problems in autism at the level of motor control. J Autism Dev Disord 26, 99–107 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02276237

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