It's a lovely feel good video

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Dude has aspergers and still has more friends than me. Good on him though for challenging himself to enjoy life more and stay involved in his passion, flight.

This may be a stupid question, but why can't he be a pilot?

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I think that most jurisdictions have no specific exclusion related to AS, but if your symptoms are extreme ie anxiety or depression you can be failed on the medical. The UK on the other hand I believe has a policy of rejecting AS sufferers unless they get a medical exemption where their symptoms are well controlled or mild. Kind of the difference between being presumed innocent or presumed guilty.

In this kids case he was taken out of school and has trouble leaving his home so his symptoms are relatively severe but as he gets older he is and hopefully will continue to develop coping strategies. Maybe a pilot's license down the road is not out of the quetion for him.>> ^braindonut:

This may be a stupid question, but why can't he be a pilot?

Thank you! I suppose that makes sense. And yes, I do hope that a pilots license is in his future, one way or another.

>> ^nanrod:

I think that most jurisdictions have no specific exclusion related to AS, but if your symptoms are extreme ie anxiety or depression you can be failed on the medical. The UK on the other hand I believe has a policy of rejecting AS sufferers unless they get a medical exemption where their symptoms are well controlled or mild. Kind of the difference between being presumed innocent or presumed guilty.
In this kids case he was taken out of school and has trouble leaving his home so his symptoms are relatively severe but as he gets older he is and hopefully will continue to develop coping strategies. Maybe a pilot's license down the road is not out of the quetion for him.>> ^braindonut:
This may be a stupid question, but why can't he be a pilot?

Perhaps this is helpful. Maybe it isn't.

I was once socially inept and felt unsure of how to interact with people. I get the same feeling when I happen to be around people from customs and cultures.

I found the solution that turned things around for me was to simply smile. This may invite people to talk to you. In this case, just try to listen. If you reply and they don't like what you said, repeat back to step one.

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