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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 aspy world.
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  What's going on? My name is Dan.
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  I have autism and I make weekly videos all about the stuff.
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  below. And if you're neuron here and
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  autism, you can do autismhacks.net.
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  Guys, what's going on? I came across this article,
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  right? And it was in the mail.
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  And, and the guy's name is Donald Triplet, I think his name
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  is. Now.
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  He was the first person ever diagnosed with autism.
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  He's from Mississippi in America, and he was diagnosed in
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  the 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 and and
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  the thing about it was that in 1938 also someone even heard
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  about that alone diagnosed. I mean, it was basically widely
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  not 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 till 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 your growing up like?
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  What was your issues as a kid? What was your issues with your
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  parents and your family and your friends and things like that.
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  That whole idea was fascinating. And I think that, you know,
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  people really did capture the moment well, they could and this
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  brilliant guy has has passed away and, and left us, which is
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  a shame, but it's, it's interesting.
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  So we can all reflect on the achievements of, you know,
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  what's been made and understanding autism and this
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  person's contribution to the autism community and the
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  research over the years. And yeah, if anything, we can
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  bring us together to make us more supportive for each other.
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  So I just wanted to update you guys on that.
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  So yeah, here is to Donald Triplet.
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  You're also right, guys. Peace.