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279. Wood MF. The effectiveness of Transcendental Meditation as a means of improving the echolalic behavior of an autistic student. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Autism Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 14 July 1981. Also in Collected Papers, Volume 3 (pp.1983-1989) - see reference 2

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