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I read recently that episodic (aka autobiographical) memory is specifically impacted in autistic people. I had thought this was something specific to me, personally, not an autistic trait, so it was a big surprise to learn otherwise! I struggle significantly with intentional recall of personal experiences. My memory will spontaneously replay experiences from when I was a year old, or replay traumatic life events on infinite repeat, but if you ask me to remember what happened yesterday, or to pull up specific examples of a generic category, I often will struggle to answer. Meanwhile, I have encyclopedic recall for non-autobiographical information.