It sounds like the type of situation that your DS will run into repeatedly, regardless of whether he accelerates, actually.
Very specific and easy to pinpoint (wish it were as easy to prevent the behaviors as it is to identify them sometimes).
I wouldn't think accelerating would exacerbate this particular type of behavior, but that's just my two cents.

Age-Gap parenting a 2e 12-year-old and an 8-month-old