Joining the British Army with Aspergers

My son wants to join the Army, however from what I've read, they generally don't accept people with AS. Apparently they might let you if you have it mildly (which he does), if you can get your GP to say that you'd be OK in the Army, and an Army assessment agrees, but from what I've read, they usually even turn people with mild cases down. My question is, how likely is it that he'll be allowed to join? He only has it mildly and it doesn't really affect him at all. He really wants to join and he'd be very upset if he couldn't. Obviously, I'd rather he didn't, but there's no talking him out of it.

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  • I did not know I had ASD when I did my stint in the army. I did know I got remorselessly picked on by a certain type of person, and eventually gave it up as a bad job. In basic training too, the group cohesion seems to depend on those who are a little towards the edge of the bellcurve being identified as legitimate targets within the group of trainees. Think "normie oppression" on steroids...

    I gave as good as I got (pretty much) for a few years but it just got tedious and I got fed up with getting the shitty end of the stick EVERY TIME.

    I thought the army was a great place to get a training in useful skills for me, and find out what I was capable of, but ultimately I was not suited to that life by way of "temperament". I know that now..

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  • I did not know I had ASD when I did my stint in the army. I did know I got remorselessly picked on by a certain type of person, and eventually gave it up as a bad job. In basic training too, the group cohesion seems to depend on those who are a little towards the edge of the bellcurve being identified as legitimate targets within the group of trainees. Think "normie oppression" on steroids...

    I gave as good as I got (pretty much) for a few years but it just got tedious and I got fed up with getting the shitty end of the stick EVERY TIME.

    I thought the army was a great place to get a training in useful skills for me, and find out what I was capable of, but ultimately I was not suited to that life by way of "temperament". I know that now..

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