Ruth C. Sullivan family member with developmental disabilities. She retired from the Autism Services Center on November 1, 2007 at the age of 83. Sullivan assisted in the production of the 1988 movie "Rain Man" by serving as a consultant on autistic behavior, and Dustin Hoffman worked with Sullivan and her son Joseph, who has autism, when practicing for his role. Hoffman thanked her and Joseph in his Oscar speech. Sullivan has the last credit in the movie, and the extended DVD version features an interview with Joe. (Joe Sullivan was not the only inspiration for Hoffman's role; the role was originally written
Dustin Hoffman Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay. In 2012, Hoffman's audiobook recording of Jerzy Kosinski's "Being There" was released at Audible.com. His performance was nominated for a 2013 Audie Award for Best Solo Narration. In late 2017, seven women accused Hoffman of sexual misconduct or assault, including Wendy Riss Gatsiounis, Cori Thomas, Melissa Kester, Kathryn Rossetter and an anonymous woman. A woman who was 17 at the time said Hoffman sexually harassed her and forced her to give him foot massages in New York (the age of consent is 17). Hoffman's daughter's friend who also was a minor at the time (16),