Diagnosing Hollywood

Hollywood almost always shows a misleading portrayal of mental illnesses.

Autistic characters in movies almost always display savant-like behavior, despite the reality that 90% of autistic individuals do not have savant talents. Movies like Mercury Rising, Rain Man and The Boy Who Could Fly fall into this category, seemingly trying to portray the disability as not so bad because of a counter-balancing super-power-like ability.

Diagnosing Hollywood.