US man, first to be diagnosed with autism, dies at 89 : comp

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."

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