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Autistic memory

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10 months ago

I've not Googlerated this so I'm starting from quite a low point of knowledge.

I know that we can tend to have very good memory in certain areas and I know about the autistic savant.

So, what do you know about how our memories work and why?

Mainly though, what is your memory like?

What do you remember and what do you not so well?

I have an autistic friend and he can quote back to me the day of the week, date and year a lot of events happened -  small events, things like the day we went on a day trip somewhere over the whole of his life - he's 63.

I don't have that kind of gift but I have realised in recent times that my memory is quite unusual.

I do remember being in the pram and then the pushchair.

However, what I remember really well is places, events in my life and people and the things that people say, going back all 6 decades.

I can mentally walk through every room of the places I've lived in during my life and even where the furniture is.

How about you?

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  • 6 months ago

    There are other conditions that are more prevalent Autism that might also explain some of the differences. As well as being Autistic I also have:
    Aphantasia. This is where you cannot visual in pictures. When asked to think of a swimming pool for example I see a black space with a partial rectangle. Without it you will see a swimming pool, some people see real detail in with reflections in the water etc. However people with Aphantasia have a great sense of direction and ability to make connections where others cannot.

    I mention this one first as there is no link to Autism and sense of direction but this has been mentioned in other comments. 

     
    SDAM: Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory this is common with Autism and is how we recall memories. That memories are reconstructed as third person as are therefore not as vivid as those without it.

    I do not have ADHD, although about 70% of people with Autism do have it, if I did have it I expect my experience of the world would also change significantly 

    So whilst Autism is a spectrum some other conditions that are prevalent with Autism also play into this and our experience on the world. 

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  • 6 months ago

    There are other conditions that are more prevalent Autism that might also explain some of the differences. As well as being Autistic I also have:
    Aphantasia. This is where you cannot visual in pictures. When asked to think of a swimming pool for example I see a black space with a partial rectangle. Without it you will see a swimming pool, some people see real detail in with reflections in the water etc. However people with Aphantasia have a great sense of direction and ability to make connections where others cannot.

    I mention this one first as there is no link to Autism and sense of direction but this has been mentioned in other comments. 

     
    SDAM: Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory this is common with Autism and is how we recall memories. That memories are reconstructed as third person as are therefore not as vivid as those without it.

    I do not have ADHD, although about 70% of people with Autism do have it, if I did have it I expect my experience of the world would also change significantly 

    So whilst Autism is a spectrum some other conditions that are prevalent with Autism also play into this and our experience on the world. 

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