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The fact that it's so easy to lose your money is a significant hindrance to adoption. If we can't come up with a better way to solve this problem then Bitcoin will be stuck in a niche: it's too difficult for most people to handle. You call yourself FiatKiller... If that's really your goal then this isn't just a big deal, it's the whole game. Even if you're just an investor then widespread utility and public confidence will give you far more benefit than you'll see from a small reduction in the money supply.
I haven't heard back from the OP but I hope he recovered his wallet. Otherwise he's just another statistic, and that's not good for any of us.
My mom is in the same position as OP. Mine are safely in cold storage/paper wallet. Wanted to do the same for my mom who bought a long time ago, but we can't move them from her QT because the password she wrote down is ambiguous. Some things looks like they could be 1s or ls or Is etc. Hope you respond to my PM asking for help.
Thanks
try some quick and dirty things:
activate capslock and enter the password.
switch to another keyboard layout and enter the password (en -> de for example)