And here is an article about the cognitive profiles of people with Aspergers syndrome, now folded into high functioning autism (but possibly not HFA high functioning autism): http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=252 However these articles are rather cherry picked to support my initial hypothesis that people with low functioning Autism are more likely to have exceptional visual memories (although many are retarded in all areas) and people with high functioning autism are more likely to have exceptional verbal memories. Unfortunately, when it comes to Autism disorders, it is pretty much possible to find plenty of research supporting nearly any hypothesis you want to throw out there. I do believe that this is an accurate point of view though.