M Ted,
The same thing's happening in the UK - and I, for one, am delighted.
My son is dyslexic - very bright, an avid reader but word blind when it comes to spelling. As a result of that (and an ignorant w***er of a head teacher when he was younger who refused to acknowledge that there was a problem), he left school without all those bits of paper that the modern world deems so necessary to being a fully paid-up member of the human race.
However, he's little short of brilliant when it comes to computer systems and networks, and a friend who had enough faith in him to offer him a trial at his company is now impressed enough to offer him a real job with a real salary (a squillion times what I earned at his age).
As a result he's looking forward to making the transition from gifted amateur to professional. And good luck to him!