Donald Triplett, 'Case 1' in the Study of Autism, Dies at 89
He was widely considered the first person to be diagnosed with autism. His happy life later became the subject of a book and documentary.
Source: nytimes.com
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He was widely considered the first person to be diagnosed with autism. His happy life later became the subject of a book and documentary.
Donald Gray Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism symptoms, died Thursday, according to his longtime employer. Triplett was 89.
Triplett was referred to as "Donald T." in the 1943 paper "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact" by Leo Kanner of Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was also the focus of a PBS documentary film and the book "In a Different Key: The Story of Autism."