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lumberjack_jeff

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Mon May-08-06 04:24 PM
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16. All right... whoa... wait a minute

There are two concerns here:
1) whether enlisting people with developmental disabilities is the way to promote an effective fighting force and,
2) whether a person with autism has the right of self-determination to choose a path for himself, even a dangerous one.

This young man is a grownup, and although I'd advise him to choose a different career, nothing in the article indicates that he is unable to make rational choices.

I agree that military recruiters are out of control, but I don't think the way to illustrate it is to suggest that people with autism are incapable of independence.

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