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Dec 13, 2022 · PBS NewsHour. Documentary follows first person ever diagnosed with autism. Clip: 12/13/2022 | 8m 22s |. My List. The prevalence of autism in the United States has increased dramatically...
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Donald Gray Triplett (September 8, 1933 – June 15, 2023) was an American banker known for being the first person diagnosed with autism. [1] . He was first diagnosed by Leo Kanner in 1943, and was labeled as "Case 1".
- June 15, 2023 (aged 89), Forest, Mississippi, U.S.
- Donald Gray Triplett, September 8, 1933, Forest, Mississippi, U.S.
- Banker
- First person to be diagnosed as autistic
Dec 13, 2022 · It includes a portrait of the first person ever diagnosed with autism in the US, a man named Don Triplett, who still lives in the small town in Mississippi where he was raised. Sid Salter:...
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Jun 20, 2023 · He was, effectively, the first child diagnosed with autism. We first wrote about Donald in The Atlantic in 2010 and explored his story in depth in our book and recent PBS documentary, both called ...
Jun 16, 2023 · FOREST, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi man known as “Case 1,” the first person to be diagnosed with autism, has died. Donald G. Triplett was the subject of a book titled “In a Different Key ...
