Autism in the Military

I have to wonder. Hypothetically. What if they formed entire military units composed of autistic people. They say autistic people comunicate far better with each other than with NTs. If comunication is the big issue I wonder how a whole unit of autistic people might actually function working together in a war zone.

I've been in outreach enough as a kid to work out that people fundamentally aren't usually capable of being contrasting in any unpredictable way enough to warrant such a radical proposition. Outlets such as the paralympics makes sense as you can't compete with able bodied people being physically disabled yourself. If you're high functioning on the spectrum you're not really going to be any different at all in a remarkable fashion unless you're a tryhard. Due to my current circumstances I've got to use something like the armed forces as sort of an existential lifeline as a result of my perspective anyways . So I do take all of this personally.

I've been in outreach enough as a kid to work out that people fundamentally aren't usually capable of being contrasting in any unpredictable way enough to warrant such a radical proposition. Outlets such as the paralympics makes sense as you can't compete with able bodied people being physically disabled yourself. If you're high functioning on the spectrum you're not really going to be any different at all in a remarkable fashion unless you're a tryhard. Due to my current circumstances I've got to use something like the armed forces as sort of an existential lifeline as a result of my perspective anyways . So I do take all of this personally.

Ok I think I get where you're coming from. How that would be implemented would be interesting to say the least. I don't think you could afford to be abundantly clear about the identities of such people being such and such. You'd probably have to get adjacent people in regards to sympathies to be involved. Make it a guideline for this idea to be some inside secret. Israel can afford to do whatever and be open about it because they don't fund themselves anyways. IDF soldiers have been known to wear nappies. Ok maybe that one isn't simply common knowledge but you'll have to take my word for that. The reason why that's been the case is the soldiers who need to wear them usually keep wetting themselves. For me personally I just want to get my foot in the door. I'm not really much different to other people aside from the lazy streak as a result of being independent and not being massively desperate to do anything immediately. If I had another assessment done I'd probably get assessed as being misdiagnosed. I just don't exhibit the handicaps of your stereotypical autistic person. Except for the OCD parts.

NAS91837 said:

I've never automatically had brilliant chemistry with someone just because they're autistic. It's a safe bet that you seem to think that it would be that simple.

no. because I think working effectivly as a unit and being friends are two totally difrent things. If anything I think overlapping work and social life is more a NT thing. I don't asume the autistic people working together would autiomaticly be friends. I'd assume working effectivly in a depersonalised profesional way would be more likely. Every job compartmentalised and devided up neetly so no one steps on each others toes.

In layman's terms what I was putting across in my opening statement is people on the spectrum high functioning or not usually aren't unique or radically different. Everyone in the world falls into different archetypal structures of what will constitute their personality. Being a high functioning autistic is the equivalent of having a personality disorder.

It hardly makes any particularly cognitive impacts that would depart away from what neurotypicals already put up with. Therefore you wouldn't need a regiment for people on the spectrum because there isn't going to be an inherent cohesive measure made in doing so.

I've never automatically had brilliant chemistry with someone just because they're autistic. It's a safe bet that you seem to think that it would be that simple. Maybe being within your own ethnicity builds some trust off the bat. But we're not really a separate race to other human beings now are we? I understand the attentiveness that some of us might have. But if that were so significant. This idea of yours would've already taken place. 

As for Israel I can't stand the idea of ever being recruited by them. Bleh. I'll swallow my pride for a failed, bland as hell western nation with virtually no culture to speak of. But I will not go that far low. Still got to get registered to a new gp yet. I looking forward to eventually arranging a referral.

NAS91837 said:

I've been in outreach enough as a kid to work out that people fundamentally aren't usually capable of being contrasting in any unpredictable way enough to warrant such a radical proposition.

I'm sorry but I can't follow this sentance at all.

NAS91837 said:

If you're high functioning on the spectrum you're not really going to be any different at all in a remarkable fashion unless you're a tryhard.

I don't actually agree with that. High functioning autisits might have an edge in work that's very technical, that requires high focus for long periods or adsorbing lots of detailed information quickly. Jobs like engenering or inteligence. The planing side of logistics too maybe.