Does this sound like autsim/aspergers?

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So I believe I might be on the autism spectrum but I'm not 100% sure. When I was young I had sensory and motor delay. I was clumsy and had your typical sensory processing disorder symptoms When I had the sensory stuff it apparently was REALLY bad. I also apparently forgot words when I was like 13 months old, I heard that's like a definite symptom. I was a talkative kid somewhat but my parents tell me I was bad at conversation in kindergarten because I would be asked questions while talking to other kids and I needed more time to respond. Like I couldn't respond quickly. I'm not sure If that is an aspergers or autism symptom or just being socially anxious and shy. Cause I can remember sometimes in elementary where I was able to have conversations. And I just now remembered this while typing. I did this till like 5th grade and I'm not sure if this is a symptom, if its not it's probably my adhd which I know I have. I would always be distracted and be imagining stuff in my head, for example I'd be pretending I was in some sort of action scene(and heres the weird part) I'd always make weird sound affects. Like just sounds of guns shooting or a sword fight because I was so up there in my imagination. Then all of this, the sound affects and the sensory issues and clumsiness went away /i want to say like maybe 4th or 5th grade which is why I don't remember it that well. The only thing that stuck was my social awkwardness and by 6th grade I became socially anxious (btw I'm in 11th grade now). I was really shy and would choke up when someone who wasn't a close friend tried to talk to me. also my mom said I wasn't able to pick up facial expressions, social cues, body language, figure of speech and all that stuff until middle school. I want to disagree with that because I have some memories of picking up body language and all of that. The only thing I struggled with was rhetorical questions and barely figure of speech. So I can have conversation but I am pretty good at it now and was kind of bad at it before. Like the summer I was going into I think it was 7th or 8th grade I went to a tennis camp and a schoolmate went their as well. She had been playing for years and I just started and I was naturally good so I was put in her group. She LOVED talking to me the whole time and all I can remember was barely being able to keep the conversation going. I would stutter and not know what to say next. I was able to pick up that she eventually liked me and I could read her face and everything and she was extremely friendly but for some reason I was still extremely nervous and scared to talk. I don't know if that's a aspergers symptom or social anxiety. So yeah, what do you guys think? And I'm 16 and you could never tell I would have aspergers but when I was little you proabably could. And also as I said before I have adhd and I heard they have some similar symptoms
Edit: While you couldn't tell I have it, I am just a tad bit awkward and weird

I am no expert and even if I were I couldn't give a diagnosis over the Internet, but it does seem that you are likely autistic. You should take an online autism test, it doesn't replace a diagnosis but it can give you a pretty good idea of where you stand.

So I got a 23 on the aq test(best autism screening test to date) and that's a non-autistic score, what about myself stuck out that made you think I probably have autism? Just curious

The biggest thing was that you sometimes take a while to respond to a question. That's the case with me too, and it is a common autism thing because some of us (including myself) have language processing problems. It could also be explained with social anxiety, but since you also had sensory problems and had some trouble with body language I thought that autism could very well be the answer because I share most of the problems you mentioned and I am diagnosed with autism (although I might have a bit of ADD as well).

ADD/ADHD does indeed have a lot in common with autism, and it seems that you have some social anxiety as well which I suppose would explain the things you mentioned.

yeah it does sound a lot like autism. I should probably get a doctor to see if I have it

People learn to control their autism symptoms as they get older, so it sounds to me like you may very well be autistic. However, if you really want to be sure, seek a professional diagnosis.

It could be that you have a social anxiety disorder of some kind, social communication disorder, and/or sensory processing disorder which can exist on their own without autism. I definitely agree that you should talk to someone about that, because something is clearly causing those problems and even if it's not autism it would be helpful to know what it is.