Rain man
In the 1988 film Rain Man it portrays a man ( Raymond Babbit) with autism. Throughout the movie Raymond's limitations and unusual exceptional abilities are shown. These consist of memories, calculations, environment as well as his behavior towards certain situations and people. One limitation Raymond possesses is how he responds to new environments and people, one example being when he met his brother Charlie and got nervous and began to recite baseball. Another incident being when he was asked, if $.50 is spent out of a dollar how much is left, and Raymond answered 75. This could mean he either cannot subtract or could not answer the question because of how it was asked. A third limitation of an average ability would be Raymond's need to have a set schedule. For instance, he needs to eat certain foods at a specific time, as wel
l as watch his television shows (such as jeopardy) and needs to be in bed by eleven at night every night or he begins to panic. A fourth event also dealing with Raymond's amazing memory is when he remember the phone book up to a certain letter. Intelligence is the ability to learn from experience, think rationally and deal and adapt with the surrounding environment. One example of this would be the end of the movie where he is being asked many questions about where and who he wants to stay with. One of these being the fire alarm that went off, he overreacts because he doesn't know what else to do, also in the airport when he doesn't want to go on the plane because he knows it is not safe. A fifth limitation is his reaction to situations he has never been put in. Lastly of Raymond limitations are how he always repeats himself. It takes Raymond a longer time to answer if he answers at all. Raymond also recalls all the plane crashes, how many people died on them and when they occurred. A fourth problem of this particular case of autism is social communication. He was able to memorize a deck of cards and play black jack, knowing what card would be next. He can also pick any date and will know the exact day. Spontaneous occurrences and things out of the ordinary scare him. Although Raymond Babbit has many limitations because of his low IQ he also possesses many exceptional abilities.
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