Asperger Syndrome and Careers ??

Whatever the issues for refusal you also have to consider the working environment. Perhaps, if the armed forces are so pedantic, they could offer on their website some more helpful information about what's expected - so as to better inform people who don't have the aptitudes, rather than have them try and fail.

A primary requirement is teamwork, but to a degree of almost blind loyalty and committment to one another. In a conflict situation they need everyone to work closely together. Hence training involves a highly socialised system.

Not my idea of a good place to be for someone on the autistic spectrum.

Added to which there is a lot of bullying, explained away no doubt as character building. If anyone has read the stories about some army locations such as Deepcut, where there were suicides because of the level of bullying, it is clearly an environment where people on the spectrum are likely to suffer more than others.

That's not withstanding the potential advantages someone on the spectrum might be able to offer. But that's the way the armed forces seem to want to do things, and they don't want people who cannot be brainwashed and reprogrammed into a cohesive and committed team player.

Whatever the issues for refusal you also have to consider the working environment. Perhaps, if the armed forces are so pedantic, they could offer on their website some more helpful information about what's expected - so as to better inform people who don't have the aptitudes, rather than have them try and fail.

A primary requirement is teamwork, but to a degree of almost blind loyalty and committment to one another. In a conflict situation they need everyone to work closely together. Hence training involves a highly socialised system.

Not my idea of a good place to be for someone on the autistic spectrum.

Added to which there is a lot of bullying, explained away no doubt as character building. If anyone has read the stories about some army locations such as Deepcut, where there were suicides because of the level of bullying, it is clearly an environment where people on the spectrum are likely to suffer more than others.

That's not withstanding the potential advantages someone on the spectrum might be able to offer. But that's the way the armed forces seem to want to do things, and they don't want people who cannot be brainwashed and reprogrammed into a cohesive and committed team player.