they called my brother slow when he was at school - he was fat and he didnt walk until he was about 3 and his favourite colour was black and his teacher called him slow and thought he was disturbed. He also didnt talk I used to talk for him apparently.
He ended up getting 10A's at GCSE this year and hes a geek - he brings big books to bed to read up about all this Biology and Chemistry rubbish - I think hes going to make a great doctor - I wasnt smart enough to do medicine