54. Understanding Memory in Autism

So many things along our autism parenting journey focus on our
child’s impairments so today, I wanted to talk about how their
relative strengths can play a critical role in helping them
compensate for their deficits.  


I’m going to dive deep into the importance of understanding how
our memory works and more specifically, how their memory works
which I think is fascinating.  


Rote learning is when someone memorizes information based on
repetition.


While many people on the spectrum struggle with short-term
memory, it has been noted that their long-term memory is among
the traits that correlated with high intelligence. Many of them,
maybe even your child might closely resemble photographic or near
photographic levels.  .  A person who has a
photographic memory can close their eyes and see the vision or
object in their mind as clearly as if they had taken a photograph
of it, even days, weeks, and years after they saw the object.


Memory in autism appears to be organized differently than in
neurotypical individuals and in a study, I read, they noted
differences in the development of the brain connections with the
pre-frontal cortex.


They have a difficult time determining what is important.


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