Donald Triplett - Wikipedia Donald Triplett Donald Triplett Donald Gray Triplett September 1933 Forest, Mississippi Nationality American Alma mater Millsaps College Occupation Bank teller Home town Forest, Mississippi Donald Gray Triplett ( born 1933 ) was the first person diagnosed with autism. He was first diagnosed by Leo Kanner, and was labeled as `` Case 1 ''. Triplett was noted for his savant abilities, particularly being able to name musical notes played on a piano and mentally multiplying numbers to a notable degree. Triplett was tracked down by John Donvan and Caren Zucker so they could find out his life 's story for an article `` Autism 's First Child '' in The Atlantic. He was later featured in the book In a Different Key. He was institutionalized at three years of age, but his parents pulled him out one year later. His father, Oliver, described him as socially withdrawn but interested in number patterns, music notes, letters of the alphabet, and U.S. president pictures. By the age of 2, he had the ability to recite the 23rd Psalm and memorized 25 questions and answers from the Presbyterian catechism. He was also interested in creating musical chords. References ^ Jump up to : Pallardy, Richard. `` Donald Triplett ''. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 March 2017. ^ Jump up to : Donvan, John ; Zucker, Caren. `` Autism 's First Child ''. The Atlantic. Retrieved 19 March 2017. Jump up ^ Donvan, John ; Zucker, Caren ( 21 January 2016 ). `` Donald Grey Triplett : The first boy diagnosed as autistic ''. BBC News. Retrieved 19 March 2017. Jump up ^ Atlas, Darla ( 29 January 2016 ). `` Donald Triplett : Autism 's First - Ever Patient, Now 82, ' Has Continued to Grow ' ''. PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017. This biographical article related to medicine in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This autism - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Triplett&oldid=850915138 '' Categories : American people with disabilities People on the autism spectrum People from Forest, Mississippi Millsaps College alumni 1933 births Living people American medical biography stubs Autism stubs Hidden categories : Infobox person using alma mater Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles needing clarification from March 2018 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Español Français Edit links This page was last edited on 18 July 2018, at 20 : 23 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who was the first person diagnosed with autism
Answer: Donald Gray Triplett