How would you call someone like this?
We all know that a groundhog is a rodent. How should somebody be called who does insist that a groundhog is a hog because of the name and doesn't accept any other definition than this literal one?
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That sounds like the most severe autism there is. I had trouble from mildly autistic people because I said that a 'dolphin' was ALSO a type of fish. I even showed the fish maps that proved it, and they went ballistic. They could not get over the fact that a dolphin is a mammal, enough to accept that that a dolphin is also a type of fish. That's autism in it's mildest form.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I was thinking the same thing. When they get something in their mind at a young age they have a really hard time changing their thinking about it. I've suspected my sister was mildly autistic and her behaviors about certain things is the same as when she was 3 even though she has intelligence. Funny thing was that my uncle caught a groundhog in a trap and brought it to the yard when she was 3-4 years old and she called it a big "Sausage" because it was "ground-hog" a term my uncle used when there was breakfast sausage on the table.
@Klesingo: Well, I 'do' have to reiterate that 'autism' is just a different way of seeing things, and we definitely need to avoid any negative stigma. It's another anomaly of nature that needs to be addressed in a humane and mature manner. I would not be surprised if I didn't have some measure of autism myself.