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Gillian says that to this day no one has been able to accurately pinpoint 69-year-old David's mental health issues. "He has been misdiagnosed for decades," she says. "David does not have schizophrenia. We recently saw a neuropsychiatrist who diagnosed part high-level autism. David has a brilliant brain and is the most stable eccentric I know."
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