Can memory be an AS issue?

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I was watching Dr. Oz and out of 8 words I only remembered 3 OMG! (I also sucked doing this memory test in Psychology class aswell) So I was curious about memory issues with AS. I can remember stuff related to my special interests basic stuff no. Is anyone else like this?

I thought that one of the hallmarks of AS was an excellent rote memory. Maybe not in all cases? I think my 4.5 AS son may have a photographic memory. His special interest is car makes and models. You tell him one time what a car is, and he will remember it forever. He also remembers peoples faces and names that we met well over a year ago. Sometimes it is a bit frightening to me. I am an NT (as far as I know) but I have always had a great memory. My husband who has very AS traits, gets almost every single question on Jeopardy right! So maybe he inherited it from us!

Occasionally I have very good memory, sometimes it fails me completely. I've memorized a sizable text within no more than two minutes at one time, but once I believed an event which just occurred to have happened some time ago. I can't really compare my memory to anyone else directly, of course, but I think occasionally my memory is better than average.

When I was about 10 years old or so I would make people angry or otherwise fail to connect with them in some way and not remember later what I did to make them angry or cause them to be dismissive toward me. I also was susceptible to people accusing me of things I didn't do and couldn't remember not doing them, and I didn't develop an ability to prioritize what I should remember until my teen years.

If I don't find it interesting then it doesn't get recorded, simple as that.

I have poor memory sometimes I leave a room to get something from another room and by the time I get to the room I be done forgot that I was looking for.

Depend of what memory you are talking about. Aspies are generally good with long term memory but bad with short term memory.

I have a good memory for trivia but often forget important things. And I think it's true about long-term vs. short-term: I note two cases where my short-term memory completely fails me. When someone tells me to say hi to someone else for them, and when I worked in a restaurant and was doing something and they told me what to do next; I would finish the first task and then think I was finished, completely forgetting the thing I was asked to do next.

I can remember obscure trivial references but...

When my dad calls and asks me to bring his tools over when I visit him, what do I do? Well as soon as I get off the phone, I go and pull them out and get them ready to take later. When I get to his house the first thing I'm asked - so where's my tools? Um... sitting on the floor back home.... uh... I got them ready though...


This happened this afternoon.

I can't remember when I'm meant to do something, like if I'm meant to pick something up at a certain time, but I can remember things I've seen with good visual detail, even things that happened a long time ago.

I have a quasi-photographic memory.

I can remember insane amounts of stuff, but I have limited ability on the recall of it. In college and law school, I could study all I wanted and I'd never know if I KNEW the material. Sit down to take the test and more often than not, BAM, it'd start coming out of me. I still don't know how the trigger works on recall.

So, I'd likely not do well on that test either.

I can remember everything as long as I'm remotely interested. It doesn't have to be my special interest, per se. The things I remember very well are math-related, biology-related, or psychology-related. For these things, I could say that I have a photographic memory, if I actively engage with the material. I consider it one of my gifts. My long-term memory is excellent, but not my short-term memory. This may be your problem... not recalling things immediately, needing time to process them. I always do my work/studying as soon as possible after school and then revisit it several times to ensure that everything is stored in my mind.