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  1. Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of the Farber Institute of Neuroscience, Jefferson School of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, 901 Walnut Street, Suite 618, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA

    Roseann C. Schaaf

  2. Division of Biostatistics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Benjamin Leiby

  3. Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson School of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Teal Benevides & Zoe Mailloux

  4. Children’s Specialized Hospital, 150 New Providence Road, Mountainside, NJ, USA

    Joanne Hunt

  5. Children’s Specialized Hospital, Toms River, NJ, USA

    Elke van Hooydonk & Patricia Faller

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Schaaf, R.C., Leiby, B., Benevides, T. et al. Response from Authors to Comments on “An Intervention for Sensory Difficulties in Children with Autism: A Randomized Trial”. J Autism Dev Disord 44, 1489–1491 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2111-0

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