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Testing of limits with the WAIS is not so much a problem, since that was purely for clinical information. If she gave only the WISC (and items from the WAIS), there are no tasks that involve pencils other than the timed processing speed subtests. Some other subtests are timed, and can be affected by speed (Block Design, and to a lesser degree, Visual Puzzles, Figure Weights, and Arithmetic). Generally, finger erasure doesn't work very well, so I would be surprised if he stopped more than once to attempt erasing with his finger. Regardless, having access to something that he was able to use multiple times for erasure suggests that the processing speed measures are low estimates, and unlikely to worth additional consideration. (Unless, as I mentioned, you have IRL concerns.)