My son has dyslexia, dysgraphia, an auditory processing disorder, a working memory disorder and multiple character traits of Aspergers (autism) but no diagnosis because he doesn't meet the main criteria.
The dysgraphia wasn't just about slow - he didn't see the lines on the page or the red line on the side of the page. His writing when he was eight looked like the scratchings of a three year old. It took a lot of occupational therapy to get him to where he could hold a pencil and make legible letters. He is going into high school next year and still despises writing more than a few words. He will type an entire book - literally.
The dyslexia - he had many of the memorizing issues as well - couldn't memorize times tables, where state are on a map, couldn't tell time on a clock with a face. He still doesn't have his times tables memorized but has gotten very, very fast at counting up or down from the ones he can remember.
Dyslexia and Dysgraphia aren't really cookie cutter - what is extreme in one may not even be an issue for another. I just started reading and asking questions here and eventually put things together that finally made sense about why some things were easy for him and others weren't happening at all.
Best wishes with the placement! Sounds like a great opportunity.
