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careers, will support thous<strong>and</strong>s of children
with autism <strong>and</strong> their families.
Although the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g program is a “work <strong>in</strong>
progress” <strong>and</strong> will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to be ref<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>
the com<strong>in</strong>g years, it is the authors’ hope that
readers will be prompted by this article to
discover other ways to <strong>in</strong>clude autism tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g
with<strong>in</strong> their teacher tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g programs.
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