Monday, August 10, 2009

We're Not All Rainman


This BBC article has come out with the stunning revelation that not all autistic people have Special Powers like Rainman.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8192895.stm

I watched Rainman while a student and found it very uncomfortable even though I had not bee diagnosed - it had occured to me quite early on that my "oddness" was a bit like autistic behaviour. Perhaps I recognised some of myself in Hoffman's performance.

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