ASD, NVLD, or Sensory Integration Disorder?

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Does anyone with *just* NVLD and not ASD also have problems moving through space that affect body language in ways that are a serious social hinderance? It literally looks like things are flying at me threateningly, and some things just shimmer or look distorted. People and cars freak me out the most. For example, seeing movement, including people, causes me to tense up and get stiff, and narrows my visual field, making me appear unconfident and uncomfortable, and makes me miss things that are going on, making any kind of socializing very difficult.

It was suggested by my psychiatrist that I have a Sensory Integration Disorder related to ASD, but I'm wondering if this is related to NVLD as well. I keep reading about people with NVLD who overcame their social issues almost completely without special treatment for spatial issues, but this problem with moving naturally and going tense at the sight of movement makes any kind of learning of social skills irrelevant. Also, my lack of prosody causes social problems, too. Is this a common problem with JUST NVLD?

It seems that most or all improvements I have seen in social ability over the years have been related to improving Vitamin deficiencies and visual-spatial deficiencies, as opposed to direct focus on social skills. Most social skills training is pretty useless for me since I struggle more with execution rather than reading body language or understanding what people mean.

I have both NVLD and AS (and having Sensory Processing Disorder, too, goes without saying), and I believe that I have coordination/clumsiness issues from BOTH. For example, being "clumsy" in everyday terms, where I often bump into things or drop things and move awkwardly seems to be more AS-related to me. But having trouble folding paper evenly, using a paper cutter, drawing a straight line, doing things that require depth perception, etc. all seem to be more NVLD. I have lots of balance/coordination problems that I don't hear many people with AS mention, which makes me assume those are more NVLD.