
NeurologyJune 22, 2023
The First Person to Be Diagnosed with Autism Has Died at 89
A 1943 paper highlighted “Donald T.” as “Case 1” of 11 children with “autistic disturbances of affective contact”
Shaena Montanari is an enterprise reporter for Spectrum.

The First Person to Be Diagnosed with Autism Has Died at 89
A 1943 paper highlighted “Donald T.” as “Case 1” of 11 children with “autistic disturbances of affective contact”