ns with meaningful content, he constantly uses repetitive phrases, he has an abnormal intense focus on reading and memorizing facts, an inflexibility to change his daily routine, repetitive body movements and a failure to develop relationships with those around him. The last six behaviors satisfy all of the requirements for the last two groups. The causation given is a birth condition, which is consistent with what the book says. The outcome is that Raymond will live with Autism the rest of his life, this is realistic because there is no cure for Autism and it is a lifelong condition. I don't think that any other character could be diagnosable, they seem to be normal. I do believe that at first Charlie's attitude towards Autism hindered Raymond, but after Charlie began to understand Autism he started trying to help Raymond by caring and trying to make him comfortable and secure. The attitude's Charlie shows range from anger and frustration at first to compassion and understanding towards the end. At first he is frustrated because he thinks that Raymond is just stupid and that he doesn't want to communicate with him. I think Charlie takes this personally, but in the end Charlie realizes that all that really matters is that he cares for Raymond and deep down inside he knows Raymond cares for him. The attitude Charlie shows at first is pretty similar to what most people have when they don't understand or feel comfortable with something, they make fun of it. I enjoyed watching the movie from a different prospective, it showed me how cruel people can be in uncomfortable situations, even when they are nice people. It seems to be a fear of the unknown and a lack of knowledge that leads most to a poor attitude on the subject of Autism,...
