Did you know the first person to ever be diagnosed with autism lives in Mississippi? Don Triplett of Forest, now in his late 80s, was patient number one.

A new documentary, “In a Different Key,” by Caren Zucker (award-winning producer at ABC news) and John Donvan (journalist, broadcaster and debate moderator) debuts at the Oxford Film Festival and tells Triplett’s story along with a brief history of autism.

Some of the stars of the movie are the citizens of Forest, who show us all that it truly does take a village to show kindness and compassion to children and adults with autism. “In a Different Key” tells a powerful story and shows us a better way. It’s based on Zucker’s and Donvan’s Pulitzer-Finalist book of the same name.

To find out more about the movie, click here: www.inadifferentkeythemovie.com

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Mississippi Stories: Caren Zucker and John Donvan

by Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today
March 24, 2021

<h1>Mississippi Stories: Caren Zucker and John Donvan</h1> <p class="byline">by Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today <br />March 24, 2021</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/406ISqvAwws </div> </figure> <p>Did you know the first person to ever be diagnosed with autism lives in Mississippi? Don Triplett of Forest, now in his late 80s, was patient number one. </p> <p>A new documentary, "In a Different Key," by Caren Zucker (award-winning producer at ABC news) and John Donvan (journalist, broadcaster and debate moderator) debuts at the <a href="https://www.ox-film.com/">Oxford Film Festival </a>and tells Triplett's story along with a brief history of autism. </p> <p>Some of the stars of the movie are the citizens of Forest, who show us all that it truly does take a village to show kindness and compassion to children and adults with autism. "In a Different Key" tells a powerful story and shows us a better way. It's based on Zucker's and Donvan's Pulitzer-Finalist book of the same name.</p> </p> <p>To find out more about the movie, click here: <a href="https://www.inadifferentkeythemovie.com/">www.inadifferentkeythemovie.com</a></p> <div class="wp-block-buttons"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background" href="https://mississippitoday.org/mississippi-stories-with-marshall-ramsey/" style="background-color:#ff6c37">View All Mississippi Stories with Marshall Ramsey</a></div> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2021/03/24/mississippi-stories-caren-zucker-and-john-donvan/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=996793&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2021/03/24/mississippi-stories-caren-zucker-and-john-donvan/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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