ASD is a big thing, but NVLD is a big thing too!

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This is much more likely to be a typo than saying those are traits aren't a part of Asperger's. You have to take the whole in context, & a negation there wouldn't make sense (follow the established pattern).

Thanks. I also suppose that it may be a typo.

I would say that NVLD can mean two things:
- a kind of specific, requiring other way of support in many areas in comparison to "Kannerian" autism profile of autism (a pervasive developmental disorder, a full-right kind of autism requiring support and recognition) which is often considered too mild or with too few symptoms to be diagnosed with ASD, usually associated with having markedly higher VIQ than PIQ and lower "strikingness" of the profile of symptoms (for example, milder sensory issues, better theory of mind, less rigid and less inflexible), but not necessarily low support needs,
- developmental visual-spatial disorder (DVSD) which is not autism per se and is usually present with lesser or greater severity with individuals with autism who have NVLD profile (which tends to have low "strikingness" of symptoms by greater dissimilarities with cases of "Kannerian" autism like cases of Donald Triplett and Temple Grandin), it is associated for example with impairment in reading maps, charts, clocks, somewhat often quite large clumsiness due to spatial-motor or (and) visual-spatial deficits and developmental visual-spatial disorder is NOT a part of "Kannerian" autistic profile which has strengths in visual-spatial skills.

Where do you think very low visual memory would fit?

I had poor or even very poor result in Benton test measuring visual memory - I made four errors instead of zero or one. It may be associated with DVSD (if it is present in my case), ADHD-C (if it is really present - I have only preliminary hypothesis about presence of ADHD-C from DIVA-5 test with a psychologist, but no psychiatric diagnosis), CDS (cognitive disengagement syndrome) - I may have it but it is rather not diagnosed at all in my country, effects of OCD or schizotypal disorder, effect of psychotropic drugs or associated with marked asymmetric FGR before my childbirth (despite being born on time and not prematurely, I weighed 2150 g, measured 53 cm (according to the method of measuring newborns used in my country - according to WHO standards the result should be about 5 cm lower), was born probably in 38th - 39th week of gestation, had head circumference 32 cm, chest circumference 28 cm (4 cm lower than head circumference which means obvious asymmetric fetal growth restriction), maximum weight loss after birth to 2120 g (low - less than 1,5% of birth weigh), 10 Apgar points (correct), I leaved hospital and went home at 33rd day after birth).