I strongly recommend you do some research on the fear of SUCCESS. This is a big thing, and something many people face and often sabotage their entire lives over. if he succeeds, what will be expected next? This is so hard, how would he handle the next thing he would be expected to do. I think he likely has some of this thrown in, and if you have some knowledge of the issue, you could help steer him without putting too much pressure on about how he will handle the next challenge ell, etc...
I am just glad he is trying. It can be so hard to try, esp when you have memory and learning issues. I think people with LDs work ten times harder than everyone else for half the payoff. Anything they achieve is just that much more special.
