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> Neuro-Atypical people could make the same argument, they just think and process things differently. Many have. There is a major movement in the community to

> Neuro-Atypical people could make the same argument, they just think and process things differently. Many have. There is a major movement in the community to treat neurodivergence as something other than a disability.

overstay8930 3y ago
I'm surprised it's taken so long for academia to catch up, militaries have figured out decades ago that these "disabilities" are just people who are good at different things and are assigned tasks that they can do much better than the average person. It is no coincidence that people with ADHD are drawn to certain fields, for example.
- rocqua 3y ago
  Do you have any such examples? Only thing I know of in a military context is colorblind people being better at defeating camouflage, and I believe that isn't actually used in practice.
  - overstay8930 3y ago
    Israel Defense Forces is probably the best example (they were the first to put it in practice publicly): https://www.businessinsider.com/army-autistic-people-israel-idf-calling-up-military-conscription-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/army-autistic-people-israel-... You can see hits of it through Five Eyes, cybersecurity is hot if you are autistic as well: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gchq-jobs-recruitment-intelligence-spy-jeremy-fleming-dyslexia-disability-neurodiversity-a9163996.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gchq-jobs-re... https://hbr.org/2017/12/why-the-australian-defence-organization-is-recruiting-cyber-analysts-on-the-autism-spectrum https://hbr.org/2017/12/why-the-australian-defence-organizat...
331c8c71 3y ago
It gets even funnier. Some autistics claim that it's the "normies" who are messed up with all their emotions, irrationality and social status games. Lots of that on reddit. It's an immense rabbit hole btw trying to understand how autistics experience life and interactions. I was totally unaware of all this until I met someone who interacted in a very unusual way (to put it mildly)...

overstay8930 3y ago

I'm surprised it's taken so long for academia to catch up, militaries have figured out decades ago that these "disabilities" are just people who are good at different things and are assigned tasks that they can do much better than the average person. It is no coincidence that people with ADHD are drawn to certain fields, for example.

rocqua 3y ago
Do you have any such examples? Only thing I know of in a military context is colorblind people being better at defeating camouflage, and I believe that isn't actually used in practice.
- overstay8930 3y ago
  Israel Defense Forces is probably the best example (they were the first to put it in practice publicly): https://www.businessinsider.com/army-autistic-people-israel-idf-calling-up-military-conscription-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/army-autistic-people-israel-... You can see hits of it through Five Eyes, cybersecurity is hot if you are autistic as well: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gchq-jobs-recruitment-intelligence-spy-jeremy-fleming-dyslexia-disability-neurodiversity-a9163996.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gchq-jobs-re... https://hbr.org/2017/12/why-the-australian-defence-organization-is-recruiting-cyber-analysts-on-the-autism-spectrum https://hbr.org/2017/12/why-the-australian-defence-organizat...

331c8c71 3y ago

It gets even funnier. Some autistics claim that it's the "normies" who are messed up with all their emotions, irrationality and social status games. Lots of that on reddit. It's an immense rabbit hole btw trying to understand how autistics experience life and interactions. I was totally unaware of all this until I met someone who interacted in a very unusual way (to put it mildly)...