The first diagnosis

Ever wonder who the first person was to be diagnosed with autism? According to an article in The Atlantic magazine, it's Donald Gray Triplett of Forest, Mississippi, who is now 77 years old. The article describes Donald as being "'Case 1 … Donald T,' [...] the initial subject described in a 1943 medical article that announced the discovery of a condition unlike 'anything reported so far.'”

To read more about the story, visit: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/10/autism-s-first-child/8227/