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Laurence Kim Peek was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, [7] with macrocephaly, [5] damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum, [8] a condition in which the nerves that connect the two hemispheres of the brain are missing; in Peek's case, secondary connectors, such as the anterior commissure, were also missing. [5]
Kim Peek, the savant who was the inspiration for the main character in the movie Rain Man: Specialty: Psychiatry, neurology: Symptoms: General mental disability with certain abilities far in excess of average [1] [2] Types: Congenital, acquired [3] Causes: Neurodevelopmental disorder such as autism spectrum disorder, brain injury [1] Frequency ...
Linda and Terry Jamison (born January 12, 1955) are American identical twins based in Los Angeles, California who claim to be psychics.The Jamisons' predictions have been featured in tabloid newspapers, and they have appeared in various media.
Iko The Rainman is known for wearing too many hat's, a writer, comedian, a videographer, and hip-hop artist. The Rainman's progressive style been considered to be part of new age hip-hop music. [3] Iko has been making music since 2011 in South Florida, many of his early aspirations were driven from Eminem, D12 and The Wu-Tang Clan. [4]
Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass.It tells the story of abrasive and selfish wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant whose existence Charlie was unaware of.
Barnes & Noble began selling Biography videos in its 400 stores. In the summer of 1996, A&E launched Biography.com. In the fall, a Saturday-morning children's version, Biography for Kids, was released. [6] [8] [11] [12] The next year, Biography won its first Emmy Award (Outstanding Informational Series), and was nominated in two other ...
Gayle and Gillian Blakeney are Australian identical twins who performed together as actresses and as a dance/pop duo in the 1990s, releasing music under the monikers The Twins and Gayle and Gillian. Born in Brisbane on 9 July 1966, Gayle is older by nine minutes. They starred in the soap opera Neighbours, as twins Caroline and Christina Alessi.
I changed the first sentence slightly based on the word 'autobiographical' in the opening section AND on the comments that Mr. Baron made during his Today show interview. He was very clear in that the events need to be experienced in person; either physically or visually (eg, the weather or a published news event).