Voor "Rain Man" in 1988 uitgekom het, het net 'n klein, geslote groepie kundiges geweet hoe outisme lyk, maar na Dustin Hoffman se onvergeetlike optrede as Raymond Babbitt vier Oscars vir "Rain Man" ingepalm het, het pediaters, sielkundiges, onderwysers en ouers wêreldwyd geweet hoe outisme lyk.
Before "Rain Man" came out in 1988, only a tiny, ingrown circle of experts knew what autism looked like, but after Dustin Hoffman's unforgettable performance as Raymond Babbitt earned "Rain Man" four Academy Awards, pediatricians, psychologists, teachers and parents all over the world knew what autism looked like.