My Name Is Khan

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Immigrant Rizvan Khan's identification card reads "Autism Alert." (0:05)

Young Rizvan perseverates while talking with his mother Ammi, repeating, "Kill time." (0:10)

Rizvan repeats what he hears others say. Echolalia? (0:12)

Rizvan demonstrates constricted affect while talking with Ammi about his brother Zakir. (0:20)

Ammi has died. The burial service. (0:21)

Rizvan doesn't respond to his sister-in-law Hasina.
Rizvan, referring to Hasina: "She taught psychology in the university here. She was the first to find out  that I had Asperger's syndrome. My fear of new places. New people. My hatred for the color yellow and sharp sounds. The reason for me being so different from everyone was defined in just two words...  Asperger's Syndrome." (0:23)

A sign reads "Autistic Society."
Hasina tells Zakir, "I took bhai to the Autistic Society. Mrs. Brennan there believes that bhai better than most people with Asperger's." (0:24)

Rizvan introduces himself to everyone in the hair salon of Mandira: "My name is Rizvan Khan.  Khan. Khan. I may look a little strange to you but that's because I have Asperger's Syndrome. It's named after Dr. Hans Asperger. This doesn't mean I'm mad. I'm very intelligent. Very smart. Very smart. But there are certain things I don't understand. For instance, people say when I go to there houses, 'Come, Rizvan. Think of it as your own house.' But how do I do that when the house isn't mine? I don't understand why people say one thing and think another." (0:31)

Mandira tells Rizvan, "Oh god I want to kill myself."
Rizvan: "Oh no, no, no. Don't kill yourself." (0:43)

Mandira threatens Rizvan if he refuses to take her son Sam to the Discovery Museum, "I kill myself."
Rizvan: "Please, please, don't kill your self." (0:45)

Burial of Rizvan's friend Mark. (1:13)

Rizvan, upset, rocking back and forth. (1:16)

Rizvan and Mandira grieve the death of their son Sam. (1:20)

Mandira grieves with Sam's body. (1:20)

Rizvan tells Mandira, "Doctors say that post-traumatic stress disorder causes people to ignore their health."
Mandira: "I want to die." (1:27)

Rizvan:  "Mama Jenny's elder son, James, was killed two months ago in the Iraq war."
"Sam has gone for 179 days..."
Memorial service at the church "for all the soldiers killed in Iraq."
Rizvan tells the congregation: "But I can't sense unexpressed feelings." (1:43)

Rizvan writes Mandira, "He has also ordered that I meet a psychiatrist." (2:01)

Psychiatrist (?) tells agent, "It's time for his session with me." (2:04)

Over the telephone Mrs. Brennan: "This is Tracy Brennan, chairperson of the American Autistic Society in San Francisco." (2:07)

Signs at a rally: "AUTISTIC" (2:09)

What other psychopathology does Rizvan demonstrate? Concrete thinking?

Asperger's Disorder | Autistic Disorder | Bereavement | concrete thinking | constricted affect | echolalia | perseveration | suicide