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"People with autism navigate roadblocks to serving in the military"

5/2/24

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/story?id=109748037

"Maj. Daniel Kiser received an autism diagnosis from an off-base medical provider after nearly 10 years of serving with the U.S. Air Force, having served multiple tours in the Middle East.

Kiser says he got support from his higher ups to continue in his role as an instructor in the Air Force Special Operations Command. He believes his autism has, in some ways, helped him in his role.

“I have the ability to communicate the magnitude of threats in a way that's easy to understand,” said Kiser. “I can aesthetically store and visually recall information, and then can break that information down to a way where everybody else can understand it.”