Poor autobiographical memory and the assessment process -?
Impaired autobiographical memory has been found in studies on people with ASD, so it shouldn't be a hindrance if you demonstrate such impairment, but should rather be a marker for possible ASD diagnosis. I have a excellent long-term memory that produces gestalt reexperiencing of old events back to about age 2, but I have quite poor autobiographical recall. I used to wonder what was up with that until I found out that autistics have those kinds of memory differences. I believe it has to do with having a very weak sense of self in my case, so my memories are organized in ways other than self-referenced. They're organized around places and patterns (like geometry of rooms), smells, temperature and so on. So I have to really think hard to make a list of all the friends or coworkers I've had or the classes I went to - things that are relative to my own self. But I can remember great numbers of experiences with certain engineering systems I've worked on rapidly and in great detail. My short-term memory is pretty fragile too and sometimes just goes blank ("What were we talking about just now?") and I found out that is common among folks with ASDs.
Dates in general are a relative strong point of mine too.
I remember the sensory details of times and places, and I remember what I was thinking at many times in my life ... but I don't remember the presence of other people and very little is episodic. My memories are like a vortex with swirls of colour, sound and sensation accompanied by a thought process. I have extreme synaesthesia so maybe this is why.
My thought processes aren't always related to what I was doing. For example, I went to DisneyWorld but I don't remember DisneyWorld. I remember thinking about rain and the water cycle. I also remember sensory flashbacks like smells and colours from Disney.
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That's most likely the kind of thing they would expect. I am bad at such things and it's due to autism. Other people know more about me along those lines than I know about myself.
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Autobiographical stuff was NOT asked when I was assessed. I just did things like predict patterns, put blocks in different shapes, found what was missing in pictures, & remembered sentences & words. The quack ruled out Aspergers when I was tested thou in favor of Schizoid Personality Disorder. I really believe I'm on the spectrum sense my mom suspected it since I was a toddler cuz of my issues. I really think the autobiographical stuff should of been asked.
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Do you have other common features of autism such as stimming or issues with sensory processing? It's odd that they wouldn't have looked at the bigger picture.
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Do you have other common features of autism such as stimming or issues with sensory processing? It's odd that they wouldn't have looked at the bigger picture.
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