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  1. The May Institute for Autistic Children, Inc., The University of Kansas, Box 703, 100 Sea View Street, Chatham, MA, 02633, USA

    Stephen C. Luce Ph.D., Walter P. Christian, Lee E. Lipsker & R. Vance Hall

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The authors would like to thank Beth Sulzer-Azaroff, Israel Goldiamond, and Joseph Delquadri for their helpful comments, and Patricia Leidholt and Susan Thibadeau for their assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.

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Luce, S.C., Christian, W.P., Lipsker, L.E. et al. Response cost: A case for specificity. BEHAV ANALYST 4, 75–80 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391855

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