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- ↑ Alysson Muotri (April 2011). "Um dia azul" [A blue day] (in Portuguese). Globo (Brazil).
[...]No Brasil, destaco a Revista Autismo (http://revistaautismo.com.br/) que, embora jovem, já causa um impacto na comunidade brasileira e internacional.[...]
{{cite web}}: External link in|quote= - ↑ "La primera revista sobre Autismo en América Latina "Revista Autismo" (in Spanish). Autismo Diário (Spain). March 2011.
- 1 2 "Brazilian parents create the first magazine on autism in Latin America". RemedySpot. September 11, 2010.
