Leonore fleischer rain man autism
Rain man.
Rain man, by Leonore Fleischer, is in some ways a really good book.
Leonore fleischer rain man autism
If it was not, nobody would have made a major movie from it. Methinks, she puts excellent character development into Charlie, the allistic (non-autistic) brother.
The way the people in the book respond to Raymond (“Rain Man”) is often an accurate portrayal of how society looks at autistic people and others who are different.
The book also shows an institutionalized autistic man connecting to someone, and having some moments of success outside his institution. What is not to love, if you are autistic?
Plenty.
The cover of the book “Rain Man” by Leonore Fleischer
The book is problematic in the way it pictures autistics – I think the writer met one autistic person.
But the writer have met a lot of allistic (non-autistic people in her life, and realistically portrays some of the ways people respond to us.
The psychologists tell Charlie (Rain Man’s younger brother) that Raymond (Rai