who was the first person diagnosed with autism
Donald Triplett 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".[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.[2]
James Parkinson James Parkinson FGS (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824)[2] was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist, and political activist, who is best known for his 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy[3] in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by Jean-Martin Charcot.