Rain Man Essay

“Rain man”, an old and famous movie, is a road trip story about a selfish younger brother and an autistic older brother. In the movie, the older brother who had autism, Raymond, showed several autistic characteristics such as little emotional expressions or strict adherence to rules related to his everyday life. When the movie was released about thirty years ago, Autistic Spectrum Disorder(ASD) was not a familiar psychological disorder terminology and I had never heard of it before. However, recently, the prevalence of ASD among many children are common and universal phenomenon. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence rate of ASD is approximately one in 68 children in the United States in 2012, and it has shown a sharp increase compared with the past. Since ASD is diagnosed in very young childhood, early intervention may produce significant changes and better results of improvement of the ASD symptoms. Even though there are several ways to treat and help the children with ASD, especially, families’ support and intervention can be one of the most important treatments for children with ASD. American Psychological Association emphasizes that families are an effective agent of change for many of the impacts that autism can have on children’s development and
American Psychological Association(APA) argued, “ASD is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social communication and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities.” Because most autistic children are not able to initiate and maintain communication with others, parents who have children with ASD have limitation to take care of their children. Whether symptoms of ASD are severe or not, it might be the hardest task for parents to grasp what the children with ASD want without verbal