# In a Different Key

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- Book: [In a Different Key](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-donvan/in-a-different-key) ([In a Different Key.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-donvan/in-a-different-key.md))
- Authors: [John Donvan](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-donvan), [Caren Zucker](https://www.bookquiver.com/caren-zucker)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4195-817-9
- Pages: 688
- Published: 2017-03-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The first child to be diagnosed with autism, Donald Triplett, was born more than eighty years ago in Mississippi, and in the years that followed, autism remained a rare condition, limited to the eleven children mentioned in the article announcing the disorder's discovery. Today physicians, parents and politicians regularly speak of an epidemic of autism. In a Different Key is the extraordinary story of the quest to understand autism. By introducing an unforgettable cast of children, families and clinicians, award-winning journalists John Donvan and Caren Zucker unearth the humanity at the heart of the scientific effort to treat this condition.