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First person diagnosed with autism dies 89 · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So 2023, the world's oldest living person with the term
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  Aspergers as a diagnosis actually died at age 89.
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  Guys, welcome back to the Aspery world.
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  What's going on? My name is Dan, I have autism
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  and I make weekly videos all about this stuff.
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  below. And if you're new around here
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  Guys, what's going on? I came across this article,
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  right? And I think it was in the mail
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  and, and the guy's name is Donald Triplet.
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  I think his name is now, he was the first person ever diagnosed
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  with autism. He's from Mississippi in
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  America. And he was diagnosed in that
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  state in 1938. He just died recently,
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  unfortunately, at the age of 89, which is a grand old age.
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  And I, you know, think he lived a pretty amazing life.
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  And the thing about it was that in 1938 or someone heard about
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  that a long diagnosed I mean, it was basically widely not
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  understood and fast on to be diagnosed back then was pretty
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  amazing. The importance in the
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  recognition of what he, you know, what he stood for was that
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  the historical context of autism and the achievements of such as
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  somebody room until 89 is quite interesting because he lived a
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  longer time than what is expected to somebody with autism
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  diagnosis. But also having this one link
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  back that far in history to know things like what was schooling
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  like? What was, you know, growing up
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  like? What was your issues as a kid?
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  What was your issues with your parents and your family and your
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  friends and things like that. That whole idea was fascinating.
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  And I think that, you know, people really did capture the
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  moment well, they could. And this brilliant guy has has
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  passed away and, and left us, which is a shame, but it's, it's
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  interesting. So we can all reflect on the
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  achievements of, you know, what's been made and
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  understanding autism and this person's contribution to the
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  autism community and the research over the years.
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  And yeah, if anything, we can bring us together to make us
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  more supportive for each other. So I just wanted to update you
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  guys on that. So yeah.
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  Here is to Donald Triplet. We're also.
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  All right, guys. Thanks.