Can you give me a SOLUTION?

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I am a person who lives with ASD and being ASD for me is ok as I have so many positive characteristics and that is what I tend to focus on.
I focus on what I can do rather than focus on what I can't do.
But one thing that bothers me is my poor motor skills.
I have become aware of my motor skills just in the last 6 months or so yet when I think back over my life I know that my motor skills have been less than 'normal.'
I am wondering if any ASD guys/girls on the WP forums might have the same experience and what have you done to overcome the issue?

Practice. Lots of practice.

Not only that, but don't get "comfortable." As you learn how to do stuff you need to up the challenge constantly.

I learned to catch a ball when in my mid 30s. Now when stuff rolls off a shelf I can often catch it before it hits the ground. Or when a piece of spam went flying out of the can. I caught it in mid air! Easy stuff for youngsters but I'm over 50!

For people who have a neurological configuration that is more intense, comples, or sensitive, one might expect there to be an impact on the neruo skeletal muscular system.

The advice to practice is good because it may require a greater pattern imprint for reflexes to be established. Tennis and swimming are good because of the range of motion.

You might consider if there is a particular problem area (fine versus gross motor skills, motion involving balance, or hand eye coordination, etc.). This can help identify where practice would produce the greatest dividends.

Writing in a notebook is one way to see how much you have progressed with time. It takes good fine motion skills to write neatly.

Some good answers here.

Also of minor help might be my suggestion to generally cultivate mindfulness, I.E. try to be "present".

Most important, though, is recognition that you don't need the agility of an athlete to be an ok and valid person.

I bump into things sometimes, and generally manage to not get hurt. If someone wants to judge my coordination, I'll think they are the one with an issue which needs sorting out.

Find a physical activity you like and sign up for lessons. If you have a passion for something (tennis for me), you may become good enough at it to really have fun.

Yes repetition is the mother of mastery. I grew up doing karate, and i also am a qualified Judo coach.

I presently teach self defence to some of my friends. One who has not been well enough for 30 years to do martial arts, due to mental health issues, but who is now really improving. His skills are to some extent inhibited due to the medication his on.

However, over the past few months, we have trained the same techniques over and over again.
Being as consistent as possible, just one lesson a week.

And, although he doesn't pick up the techniques as quick as normal, he has made massive progress and now
knows the first belts syllabus techniques off by heart. Which is awesome!

So, where there is a will there is a way.
One tech solution that we also thought he may be able to use to improve his motor skills
is with VR.

The Occulus Go is a standalone VR gamer headset, that comes with all you need to play the games.
Some of the games would likely help improve your motor skills, and at the same time would be really fun.

For example, there are games that are based around a boxing theme (Creed 2), and even fighting Darf Vader
(Vader Immortal).

Looks great fun,
other than that, perhaps join a martial art school. if that is too fast paced. consider getting private lessons if you can find someone who is cheap enough.

That's a good question that I don't know the answer too. I fall a lot, the last time I fell I really hurt my left arm.

I had to find something I really loved to do, so that "practicing" was a pleasure. Many of the things other people recommended just felt flat to me. The things that "came" to me were dancing jitterbug, white water canoeing, and more recently, playing banjo.

Other than that, I am clumsy and awkward.

I've always had poor and behind motor skills from dyspraxia. It's gotten better as I've found special interests that require the use of motor skills, the hyper focus can really improve them pretty quickly.

Some really good advice in your posts to me and I thank you for all the ideas you have sparked within me.

1) Sign up for Muay Thai. Do that for six months, at least 3 times a week, more is better.

2) Sit for a 10-day vipassana course

Actions bring change, not ideas or advice.

My sport is bicycling, where the feet are guided and only the controls need finesse.
When doing manual work, I always try to steady my hand itself, rather than depending on accurate arm motions as well.
I had a clumsy friend, and I suggested that he spend more time practising moving around with his eyes closed, to improve his kinesthetic sense.