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[quote=Anonymous]"It turns out there is a significant disparity between his ability and his processing speed. As the psychologist explained it, a slow computer and a fast computer will get to the same answer, but the slow computer needs a lot more time."

I'm sure this exists and I'm happy your DC has a 504 and is managing.

But I would like to bring up the idea that this diagnosis does not mean that processing speed can't be improved to some extent and in some ways.

To follow your example of the slow and fast computers, for a fast computer, sophisticated studying methods or the optimization of the program the computer is running may not matter, at least in HS.

But for a slow computer, the optimization of the computer code, and by analogy, the study methods employed can make all the difference, in HS, college, grad school and on the job.

As a slow computer, it is vital that your DC learns the material better than a fast computer.  Eventually, because the fast computer doesn't bother to learn the material as well, they will reach a limit even with their higher processing speed because the way they are "programming" (studying) their brain is inefficient.  To reach the top in any field, you have to be "running" the most efficient code.  This is true because in every field, you stand on the shoulders of everyone who came before you and no one has great enough processing speed to go through all the work and dead ends that have come before rather than learn efficiently.

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