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Hello, my brother wants to join the Army but has Aspergers? Will this disqualify him?
79R: Recruiter
Behavioral Health
Recruiting
Recruiting Director
Posted >1 y ago
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This came up when I searched "can you join the military with aspergers" in Google:
From 2019:
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/09/05/army-launches-inquiry-into-how-teen-with-autism-and-arm-disorders-was-recruited/#:~:text=Army%20applicants%20with%20autism%20spectrum,health%20consultant%2C%20according%20to%20Ferguson.
"Army applicants with autism spectrum disorders are automatically disqualified, per Defense Department accession policy, though sometimes medical enlistment waivers are granted after a visit to a DoD behavioral health consultant, according to Ferguson.
“All waivers are considered on a case-by-case basis, but generally speaking, autism isn’t something normally waived if the diagnosis was appropriately given,” Ferguson said."
From 2019:
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/09/05/army-launches-inquiry-into-how-teen-with-autism-and-arm-disorders-was-recruited/#:~:text=Army%20applicants%20with%20autism%20spectrum,health%20consultant%2C%20according%20to%20Ferguson.
"Army applicants with autism spectrum disorders are automatically disqualified, per Defense Department accession policy, though sometimes medical enlistment waivers are granted after a visit to a DoD behavioral health consultant, according to Ferguson.
“All waivers are considered on a case-by-case basis, but generally speaking, autism isn’t something normally waived if the diagnosis was appropriately given,” Ferguson said."
Army launches inquiry into how teen with autism and arm disorders was recruited
A 19-year-old diagnosed with autism and taking anxiety medications says a recruiter encouraged him to enlist but to conceal the diagnosis.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
Also - Asperger's is no longer an official diagnosis:
"Today, Asperger's syndrome is technically no longer a diagnosis on its own. It is now part of a broader category called autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This group of related mental health issues shares some symptoms."
"Once regarded as one of the distinct types of autism, Asperger's syndrome was retired in 2013 with the publication of the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It is no longer used by clinicians as an official diagnosis.
Even so, the term is still used in some circumstances and by some practitioners, although people who were once regarded as having Asperger's syndrome would today be diagnosed as having level one autism spectrum disorder (ASD) per the revisions in the DSM-5."
"Today, Asperger's syndrome is technically no longer a diagnosis on its own. It is now part of a broader category called autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This group of related mental health issues shares some symptoms."
"Once regarded as one of the distinct types of autism, Asperger's syndrome was retired in 2013 with the publication of the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It is no longer used by clinicians as an official diagnosis.
Even so, the term is still used in some circumstances and by some practitioners, although people who were once regarded as having Asperger's syndrome would today be diagnosed as having level one autism spectrum disorder (ASD) per the revisions in the DSM-5."
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