ChristianKl comments on Misdiagnosed Asperger's syndrome is ruining my life. - Less Wrong

-4 Post author: Eitan_Zohar 27 November 2014 10:33AM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 27 November 2014 07:07:49PM 4 points [-]

I can definitely prove that there is nothing psychologically wrong with me.

That's a silly claim. You can't prove how you will react under the face of the pressesures of war. You probably can neither prove that their algorithm for deciding is wrong.

For a military there a huge risk if a person breaks down in the wrong moment and if they already have enough conscripts they will rather play it safe.

Given my idea of how Israel works I would doubt if they allow a court to intere with the decisions of how the military picks it's members.

Comment author: shminux 27 November 2014 08:05:11PM 5 points [-]

You can't prove how you will react under the face of the pressures of war.

Note that IDF takes virtually everyone and they have plenty of desk jobs needed to be filled, if they have doubts about a recruit's potential battlefield readiness. They definitely consider Aspies, though not those diagnosed with autism.

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 27 November 2014 08:19:44PM 1 point [-]

Meh, I don't need to go to court. It's not like they'll dig their heels in when the objection is "I can't prove he's not socially impaired."

Comment author: ChristianKl 28 November 2014 03:03:19PM 1 point [-]

Asperger's is about more than just social impairement.

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 28 November 2014 05:11:01PM 0 points [-]

I know, he agreed I do not have Asperger's. He simply can't imagine that I would have been diagnosed without something being wrong.