Motor neuron and functioning speeds

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I wondered if this was (yet another) autistic thing, or just a personality trait due to being an unsure, hesitant sort of person.
But I did wonder if this is related to some motor neuron functioning ability. Apparently, I'm too slow. According to most people who like to get aggressive about it, they could do it in half the time. On top of that I've been running into weird things that make functioning at all pretty much impossible - trouble with memory (even in tasks I've done repeatedly before) tired easily, dropping things and feeling like there's some kind of interference between my brain and my body. Multi-tasking is completely out of the question, as is behaving anywhere near normally according to the social games of other people. Functioning speed (or ability to function at all) is pretty much zero. Now, I either assume I'm having some kind of breakdown, or that this is some autistic trait exacerbated by circumstances and becoming more noticeable. Though I'm assuming most autistics would dislike the term "slow," is there a marked difference in functioning speeds compared to the NT population, do you think?
I don't know if there's anything can be done about it - but I have to try something!

According to IQ data Autistic people as a group score lower on the coding and symbol search subtests. But I believe that part of it is due to anxiety and distraction. What you're experiencing is pretty common in AS though IMO.

I can definitely relate to most all of that. Also, I am rather slow at processing what people say to me at times, especially if I'm being given instructions (like driving directions), sometimes to the point where I just don't get what they're saying at all, like it's in one ear and out the other, leaving me confused even though I am trying to concentrate on it and remember it. This translates to my difficulties with driving as I have a really hard time navigating using landmarks and signs and keeping a mental map in my head (I suck with visual cues.), everything goes by too quickly for me to figure out while still maintaining enough control over the car to even drive (hence why I use a Garmin). I also used to have delayed reactions to pain, especially when I was very young; there would be delays of several minutes between getting hurt and then crying.

I'm assuming lower means less correct symbols decoded. Is there any imformation on the total number of symbols "decoded", either correctly or incorrectly for both groups, and ratios comparing correct decodings with all symbols "decoded" for both groups?

I am not sure, if I have the same subtests in my mind, but a test for finding out the symbols with three stripes I was very good at and to find a code of 15 charakters out of 60.000 charakters (at the PC with scrolling) it took me 93 seconds.
But maybe you mean something different than I do.

I'm slow in doing almost everything, my reflex is especially bad. My brain thinks very fast but body moves slowly in emergencies. The good news is when I do something it's usually done quite well. So thank goodness I don't have to do them over again or I'd be even slower. I also can not look busy. Which my mom says is important when doing a physical job, Apparently moving fast and making lots of noises impress bosses. I'd probably hurt someone if I tried that.

Oh I should mention that there ARE some things that I do faster than anybody else. Usually things that are visual-spatial and involve hand-eye coordination. Like jigsaw puzzles, I do them about three times as fast as others do. I can do pattern matching lightning fast as well. I think many aspies have such advantages due to their ability to notice details.

I'm rather smart, but I tend to stumble sometimes, and in the dark I HAVE to feel in front of me and move slowly so I don't trip over anything. Ever since I started smoking. It's worse. Sometimes I stumble in public. I know it's not cancer or a tumor cause I've had off balance since I was a little child. And also, I rarely get angry. I hate being angry, it makes me uncomfortable.