DS is endowed with high processing speed so is actually very fast with almost everything, including essay composition and even handwriting. The OT in 4th grade clocked him at above average in speed, measured as number of characters per minute. I think his teammates scribe not because he doesn't write fast enough but so that they can read the writing afterwards. Fortunately, DS can type bigger assignments or anything that goes home. It's just not very practical to type everything during class. I think his goal would be to write neatly at a good speed; right now he usually writes very quickly but apparently legible to the teachers although barely legible to me and often not legible to his peers. When he tries to write very neatly for applications and such it takes him a long time - maybe it's also an issue of finding that in-between neatness/speed combination.
