people with autism allowed to join british army.

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Because you only have it in your mind that you want to serve your country. You don't seem to know what an army entails, and you don't seem to even have the skills to deal and rid of your sensory issues, or to be independent and try to do your own research on it, instead of asking us questions all the time? You don't seem to understand why being in the army would be a problem for someone with sensory issues.

Army recruits are very independent. Every man for himself. You have to learn how to live a harsh life. It's not just sitting in giant tents and camping together, it's heavy equipment, running with it through any weather, having the people in charge shouting at you, and you cannot take it personally. Shining your boots every day, dealing with the food they give you, even if you don't like the texture (unless you have allergies). They won't tolerate a fussy eater.

You get up at 5am, you run and run until you're tired, and then you're on the battlefront trying to save your best friends life who's just been shot.

Women and children are panicking, screaming for their family member who's been blown up by a mine, when they were just playing a game of football.

Could you seriously deal with all that?

You don't get to call home to your friends and family when you want. You get it when they tell you you can. You're out there on your own, with the people there to make friends with, but you can't get close to them, because they're likely to die.

What if you get shot in the leg, and have to have it amputated? Could you deal with being in a wheelchair for the rest of your life?

How about being shot in the spine, and being paralyzed?

You have to consider all these factors, because I really don't think you're taking the army seriously.

I have a cousin in the army, and a good friend who's in the military police, it's no joke.

Because you only have it in your mind that you want to serve your country. You don't seem to know what an army entails, and you don't seem to even have the skills to deal and rid of your sensory issues.

So how do you get rid of sensory issues?

or to be independent and try to do your own research on it, instead of asking us questions all the time? You don't seem to understand why being in the army would be a problem for someone with sensory issues.

Can i not just ware sunglasses and maybe headphones?

Army recruits are very independent. Every man for himself. You have to learn how to live a harsh life. It's not just sitting in giant tents and camping together, it's heavy equipment, running with it through any weather, having the people in charge shouting at you, and you cannot take it personally. Shining your boots every day, dealing with the food they give you, even if you don't like the texture (unless you have allergies). They won't tolerate a fussy eater.

I am a fussy eater and hate alot of textures.



Could you seriously deal with all that?

Don't know


What if you get shot in the leg, and have to have it amputated? Could you deal with being in a wheelchair for the rest of your life?

No


How about being shot in the spine, and being paralyzed?

Ouch

You have to consider all these factors, because I really don't think you're taking the army seriously.

Doubt they'd let you do that in basic.

why not?

You just answered all my questions, saying you are a fussy eater because of the textures, and couldn't cope with the lights and noise, and let you still question why they wouldn't let you in.

You're not thinking this at all.

I'm not going to repeat myself again, and anything that needs to be said, has already been said.

It's harsh news, but you're going to have to accept you're probably of no use to the army.

Give it a year and you'll probably want to do something else. You're 17 and still figuring out a career path.

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anyway to solve theys things?

Try a different career path.

The central government explicitly placed military bases in the former Confederate states during the Cold War as a way to subsidize and help to bring the "southron" population forward economically/socially. That and I guess to pay homage to their more militarist culture.

When the military tried shutting down a lot of those bases because they were not militarily needed the representatives from those regions bitched about "much needed jobs and money being taken away from them". If the US military only did things based on its' effectiveness in a war those bases would be shut down with no input with legislators.



There were cases during the World Wars where professors and whatnot who were "Valuable" were put through (equivalent of) OCS and commissioned as a captain or something,...

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i wish i could get rid of sensory issues.

Also, in combat those things might impede you......(headphones which make it hard to hear other peoples' orders)

but sunglasses will be ok?

There is no point in asking your questions to us, because you are not prepared to listen to the answers, which is reality.

You are in your own little ideal world of how the army is, and it's frustrating at both ends, because you won't listen to us, and you'll 99% surely never end up in the army.

Try the army cadets and go from there.

*shrugs*

I dunno, I'm not British nor am I familiar with the British Army.....

I remember pictures of American soldiers in Iraq with sunglasses on though, though I doubt it was allowed in Basic training.

You only get to wear sunglasses for when the sun is clearly blinding the majority, not for a health condition, because you wouldn't get into the army if you said you had to wear sunglasses anyway.

Anyways, I won't be checking this thread again. It's frustrating.

Some sections say autism is allowed but others say its not.

anyone?