great blog post thanks for sharing, I feel for you.
"Within a few weeks I get my typing up to forty five words a minute one-handed. Everyone is very impressed, but what do they know? It’s half the speed I could type before"
I know that feeling for sure, been monitoring my typing speeds for a while since I lost dexterity in my left arm.
Tricky one, I recently suffered from a stroke and now i can hardly use my left hand, it's a massive hit to the ego but you just bounce along. My right hand is typing at stupid speeds now, so I hope that when my left hand kicks back in I will be even faster than before.
I don't have kids, and am self taught in my choice of profession. If he doesn't want to do certain things then he won't, I'm sure he will be successful without specific qualifications.