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so i had a stroke after my birth and my the brain damage affected my math.

what are some cognitive issues that are related to autism?

Some people with autism have cognitive issues. Some don't.

To tell you the truth, you've done really well for somebody who had a "stroke in the brain." I knew somebody like that. He couldn't talk, and he was severely intellectually-challenged. He's not unhappy, though. He's living in a group home.

Seizures are not common within the high-functioning end of autism.

The guy I mentioned did not have seizures.

There are all sorts of cognitive issues with correlations to autism, but they aren't necessary for a diagnosis. Lots of autistic people have learning disabilities, executive functioning problems, and sensory processing disorders. I'm sure there's a list somewhere.

Of course, even "normal" NTs have seizures sometimes.

They're just more common amongst people with genetic disorders

Most autistic people have skill scatter, but the specific strengths and weaknesses vary.

One of the most common ones is executive dysfunction. This is a problem with a set of cognitive skills that regulate other skills - things like keeping track of time, planning ahead, trying hard when not intrinsically motivated, etc. This is my biggest area of weakness.

Math weakness is characteristic of an overlapping condition to autism, known as nonverbal learning disability (NVLD). Right hemisphere damage can cause NVLD, so if your stroke was in the right hemisphere that's probably what you have.

Oh, and seizures don't cause strokes. Strokes can cause seizures, but not the other way around. (Scarring in brain tissue from any kind of brain injury can be a focal point for a seizure.)

Seizures can cause a traumatic brain injury if the person falls and hits their head during the seizure, and prolonged tonic-clonic seizures (the kind where you fall down and twitch rhythmically) can make a person stop breathing and get anoxia (brain damage from oxygen deprivation). But a stroke is a problem in the blood flow to brain (clot or bleeding), and seizures don't affect blood flow at all.