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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 ac

by 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...