Reaction time, processing speed in autistic people

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When it comes to following verbal directions, slow.

1) Turn _____ at the corner, go up just before the _____ grocery store with the _____ roof then bear _____ at the next intersection _____ blocks up from _____ Street, you can't miss it!

Good thing MapQuest exists.

2) To do this command in Excel, find _____ in the _____ Menu, set the parameter to _____, type in what you want, click OK.

Yeah, right. Could you repeat that please, this time a tad bit slower so at least I can write it down?

Otherwise, I think my reaction time is normal to good.

Physical reflexes? Super keen ... Don't ever test them by trying to blow out all the candles on my birthday cake or you may find yourself down on the ground flat on your back while I victoriously blow out the one remaining candle that's still lit. And it's not even as if I meant to deck you on purpose ... it all just sort of happened by instinct quicker than lightning.

I'm a tad slow at processing things, expecially what people tell me and it takes me a while to get what they say.
My reactions are quite slow too

processing of facts and tasks veryhigh. capaicity to see patterns in theings, exceptionally high.
processing of emotions in relation of external stimuli canbe entirely out of whack (so i may have feeling about somehting someone has done or said, weeks after the actual event or incident.)

Processing speed in crisis or injury scenario - very very high.

ah for processing what people say i can be quite slow/very slow sometimes.. didn't fully understand teh question.
but my physical reactions are like a ninja :p only slightly more clumsy.. lol like i'll drop things with clumsiness & then catch them..
is fun tho, i also did a lot of martial arts as a child & i'm fairly certain this helped me understand or "feel" my body better &of course it's arguably a brilliant interest for aspies for a few reasons, routine/ritual, strict but sensible rules etc. i'm still clumsy, but i think it a good idea to try to improve reaction times & processing time where possible & i'm sure almost everyone can find various ways to practice.

My reaction time and reflex skills are great, I can dodge, throw and catch things perfectly.
But then, I'm not sure this is natural.
I believe it's a byproduct of all the years I've spent playing Tetris and other strategy/puzzle games.
Seriously, you should see me put stuff on a supermarket conveyor belt. A full trolly in less than 2 minutes with not a gap to be seen.

very low

when i took an IQ test a few years back. back in 11th grade my processing speed was 56! thats in the MR range!!

I once had to change lanes on the motorway. Was doing 70MPH, car in front of me decided to cut me up. I could use the brakes as my right foot wouldn't control it too well, my left would would be very mean and slow quicker, but put the car behind me in my rear. Only option was to change lane very quickly. Non standard tyres may have helped me there, no rear wiggle or anything, just a solid movement, in around half a second from when the car in front stopped the cut up manoeuvre.
I don't think; thinking takes too long; panicking is useless; my brain processes the information in a way that could be described as digital. Analogue would take too long to think about, etc.

A dog walked out in front of me, I was still looking ahead when I just stopped. I suppose the owner must have thought I was definitely going to kick the thing by accident or trip.

Who says men have tunnel vision, I do not

My entire family has slow processing speed, the NT's as well as the AS. We all have high IQ's, overall, but you see the processing speed in the simple things, like how long it takes me to complete a transaction at the grocery store. Pretty much everything just takes me a little longer. At work, where we bill by the hour, I will spend 50% more time on most projects.

And, yet, I can see complex relationships between ideas quickly and easily, as can my entire family. We have all spent our lives being told how bright and quick we are. When it comes to sorting out something complex.

Oh, but I actually think I'm NT. Some AS traits. My son and husband are believed to be AS.

As with many things, it becomes more glaring in the AS family members.

We all have slow physcial reaction times. I'm probably the worst.

I would say that my reaction speed is fast, to the extent that people often seem to be moving almost in slow motion and I become impatient with them, but my comprehension speed is slow, and when I am given an instruction, it can take me a minute to process it and understand exactly what's required of me.

Slow.

My son's WISC-IV processing speed is extremely low, but his verbal comprehension is very high - a 53 point difference! He has AS. Apparently this is a common finding in people with AS. Hans Asperger noted this originally in his findings on AS. Not all of his patients but 48% of them. There are many different combinations of IQ discrepancies in AS, the high verbal/low performance (visual processing) is the most common. I got that from Tony Attwood's book The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome.

When it comes to physical reaction time I'm quite fast, processing speed, however can take some time (especially verbal like when given directions), it can happen that something falls and I grab it only to look at my hand and think "what's this doing in...oh right".

Even though my overall IQ is above average (I think the highest area was the verbal comprehension index, which was 138, and my lowest area was processing speed, which was surprisingly 100), I tend to process a lot of things very slowly. I have slow auditory processing, and when I was in college it would take me 3-6 hours to write a 2-3 page essay that was double spaced and written in 12 point font.
When I was a kid, I was horrible with team sports because everyone would always get the ball before me. Also, I memorized my multiplication tables (except for all the 12s) in the 4th or 5th grade, I was in the 5th grade when I learned to tell time, and I was between 10-13 years old when I learned how to tie my shoelaces and blow bubbles with gum. Additionally, I would also talk very slow. Up until the age of 12 I would take speach therapy because I would drag out every syllable. People tell me that I still talk a little slow, but I no longer drag out syllables.
It seems like one of the only fast things I have is my reflexes.

My slow processing speed causes me much distress in social situations. This can include identifying people, their intentions, beginning a conversation etc, at times I get stuck in the moment and just stare. Problem solving is a defecit of mine especially when dealing with people.

I took an IQ test about 30 years ago and my processing speed was very slow and dragged the whole score down. Overall the score was high though.

I am slow at everything. Typing posts, doing exams, when running I just get puffed easily, even in my school days I couldn't keep up. I could never catch a ball or do any sports as I was uncoordinated. I have really slow reaction times when driving so I prefer to keep out of heavy traffic or big cities.

Work was stressful as I could never keep up with the work compared to my work colleagues no matter how much I concentrated and went flat out. On the other hand I had a knack of figuring out how to do all parts of the job including the work of other departments so people would come to me for help all the time and I could hide my slowness behind my usefulness in other areas.

It has been frustrating for me all my life but finally I know why I am like this.

Just wanted to point out processing speed and reaction speed aren't the same.

My processing speed is slooooooowwwwwwwww, but my reactions are quick as a cats.