Sensory & Forgetting Things

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Do anyone have trouble with their cat meowing? When people get sick to their stomachs, does that have anything to do with Aspergers? Lights can make me hot, I know lights can hurt your eyes, but can it make you hot too.

And I been forgetting what day it is, I thought today was Sunday. I been forgetting more stuff too like what I want to do & what I want to buy, after buying stuff, I can forget what I brought. I been writing stuff down in my iPad to remember them, I wrote down when I need to give my cat her flea medicine, it worked, I gave her her medicine the same day.

The first thing you describe is sensory issues (as described in ICD-10 or DSM-5 e.g.), the second thing could be related to execute functioning disorder, which many people with ASD experience.

Trouble when your cat meows is most likely noise sensitivity. You sometimes have better hearing than most people when you have Asperger's. I think people with Asperger's may get sick to their stomachs or become nauseated with certain sensory input, such as smells. The lights making you hot may be an intolerance to heat, which is another sensory issue.

The second thing you describe is executive dysfunction, like anti_gone pointed out already. Autistic people usually have trouble with something known as executive functioning, which accounts for a lot of mental processes, including working memory.