Bernard Rimland solutions. Rimland supported Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), a systematic educational approach made popular by Ivar Lovaas. He published an ARI newsletter, which reached an international audience. Rimland was also the editor of the "Autism Research Review International", published by ARI, which covers biomedical and educational advances in autism research. In 1988, Rimland served as technical advisor on autism for the 1988 movie "Rain Man". Rimland suggested giving Raymond Babbitt, the movie's main character portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, the extraordinary characteristics of someone with Savant syndrome. Hoffman interviewed Rimland's son, Mark, in preparing for the role. He felt the movie portrayed
Lisa Hoffman Lisa Hoffman Lisa Jo Hoffman (née Gotsegen; born September 1, 1954) is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and president of Lisa Hoffman Beauty. Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to William Lawrence Gottsegen (1929-2012), and Marcia Francis Gottsegen (née Salter) (born 1929). She graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Hoffman is married to American actor Dustin Hoffman. They married in Roxbury, Connecticut on October 12, 1980. Dustin Hoffman has one stepdaughter, Karina (born 1966) and a daughter with his first wife, Anne Byrne Hoffman, Jenna (born 1970). Together,