Kim Peek, who lent inspiration to the fictional character Raymond Babbitt — played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Rain Man — was a remarkable savant. A savant is an individual who — with little or no ...
Kim Peek, the inspiration for the1988 film "Rain Man," will appear Wednesday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Bill Memorial Center in Cody.
The man known as the real "Rain Man" reminded a group of Virginia educators why they work with special education students. "You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everybody's different," ...