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Attribution. Victoria Grahame; Ashleigh Kernohan; Ehsan Kharati; Ayesha Mathias; Chrissie Butcher; Linda Dixon et al. (2025). A group intervention for parents and carers to recognise and understand restricted and repetitive behaviour in autistic children: a multisite RCT. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2025 Grahame et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK618630. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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