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Uncovering the unlikely story behind the singer’s first album.

He wrote in poverty for decades before the public caught up to him.

STARKVILLE — Donald Gray “Don” Triplett of Forest, Mississippi was for the whole of his life “different.” But like many who are different, Don quietly transformed those differences into something

Triplett, the first person formally diagnosed with autism, had his upbringing and behaviour chronicled in a 1943 scientific article.

A 1943 paper highlighted a “Donald T”—Case 1 of 11 children with “autistic disturbances of affective contact”

STARKVILLE­­ – Donald Gray “Don” Triplett of Forest, Mississippi was for the whole of his life “different.” But like many who are different, Don quietly transformed those differences into something

Triplett gained media attention for his autism later in life, and he became the face of the effort to research the lives of older adults with autism.

He was widely considered the first person to be diagnosed with autism. His happy life later became the subject of a book and documentary.

The Mississippi man known as “Case 1,” the first person to be diagnosed with autism, has died. Bank of Forest Senior Vice President Lesa Davis confirms Donald G. Triplett died

Donald Triplett, who was the first person to ever be diagnosed with autism, has died at the age of 89.