I have the same issues with my 12 years old son. His processing speed is very slow, very poor handwriting. He does not like to show math steps and I was worried that he might be behine in Math especially he was losing interests. The psychologist said that he would be happy to test him when he is ready to do test such as SAT and the it would be allowed to use wordprocessor and given more time. I recently found him a math teacher, and she is having him working on Algebra, she said he was bored with simple math, and said my son should take the Algebra II from the local college next semester and that he is one of those kids that would be doing Calculus before high school is over. I am just speechless. Visual spacial learners typically takes longer to memorize music or a speech. I have 2 children, one of each kind. Joy of life.