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Your involvement will contribute to valuable insights that will help support the community.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Recruiting Information<\/h2>\n<p>Parents of a child with autism between the ages of 3 and 9 years old, who identify as Black, and live in NC. 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