This is all very interesting...

DS7 doesn't count on his fingers, but only because of repeated use, I think. He may well be counting in his head, though, so I'm not sure it's any different.

I don't think he's lazy about the work or a perfectionist though. He just has to take his time.

He does occasionally get distracted by something and draw on his page or write funny words on his math sheet instead of doing the problems. That's the dawdling behavior. I think it's mostly procrastination, actually. If he takes too long to do the work, he (wrongly) thinks he might escape the work. This has never been an effective strategy for him.

Kriston