Don Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism, dead at 89
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Don Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism, dead at 89
https://www.wlbt.com/2023/06/16/don-triplett-first-person-diagnosed-with-autism-dead-89/
Triplett worked at the bank for about 65 years, according to CEO Allen Breland, whose own 36-year tenure makes him a relative newcomer there.
Triplett was known worldwide as “Case 1″ - the first person to be diagnosed with autism.
Triplett worked at the bank for about 65 years, according to CEO Allen Breland, whose own 36-year tenure makes him a relative newcomer there.
“Don was a remarkable individual,” Breland said of the fiercely independent savant. “And he kept things interesting.”
Though he came across to newcomers as strange and obsessive, Triplett had a facility with numbers that made phone directories obsolete in his presence.