High-Functioning Autistic people struggle in certain remembering and memorising skills. They also have different attention spans towards different things. Here is a list of common traits and characteristics related to rote memory and attention span of High-Functioning Autistic people.

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1. High-Functioning Autistic people have a short attention span for most lessons.

2. High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty with reading comprehension.

3. High-Functioning Autistic people have excellent rote memory in some areas.

4. High-Functioning Autistic people have exceptionally high skill in some areas but very low in others.

5. High-Functioning Autistic people show resistance to or an inability to follow directions.

6. Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty with fine motor activities, such as using scissors

   and gluing.

7. Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty transitioning from one activity to another in school.