In Barry Levinson's 1988 movie Rain Man, narcissistic yuppie Charlie Babbitt (played by Tom Cruise) learns that he has an autistic, savant brother (played by Dustin Hoffman) during a trip to ...
Kim Peek, who lent inspiration to the fictional character Raymond Babbitt — played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Rain Man — was a remarkable savant. A savant is an individual who — with little or no ...
The man known as the real "Rain Man" reminded a group of Virginia educators why they work with special education students. "You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everybody's different," ...