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title: "Challenging the witness incompetence myth: Forensic interviews with individuals with intellectual disability"
description: "Challenging the witness incompetence myth: Forensic interviews with individuals with intellectual disability"
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# [Challenging the witness incompetence myth: Forensic interviews with individuals with intellectual disability](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/translating-research-into-practice-blog/challenging-the-witness-incompetence-myth-forensic-interviews-with-individuals-with-intellectual-disability)

 Written by [Kseniya Katsman](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/translating-research-into-practice-blog/author/kseniya-katsman) | Dec 28, 2018 11:48:00 AM

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