Intelligence wonk at @RANDCorporation, amateur physicist. She/her. RTs not endorsements. Follow on LinkedIn or Mastodon ( @cortney@mas.to )

Washington, DC
Joined September 2010
Cortney Weinbaum retweeted
When word spread that RAND researchers were studying neurodiversity in the national security workforce, @cortney_dc's phone started ringing. Individual employees and military service members wanted to be interviewed about their own experiences. bit.ly/3XUiTXP
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"Archaic U.S. military and federal policies, combined with decades-old understandings about autism spectrum disorder, create an environment where people hide their autism and other cognitive diagnoses." — @cortney_dc bit.ly/3O1saZB
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My team set out to examine whether neurodiversity...would offer benefits to US national security. We found archaic US military & federal policies...create an environment where people hide their autism. – Cortney Weinbaum @RANDCorporation militarytimes.com/opinion/20…
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"Autistic soldiers, and soldiers with other neurodivergent diagnoses, are already serving on active duty, in many cases in secret—hiding their diagnoses from the Army—and I know this because they called to tell me." Insights from RAND's @cortney_dc: mwi.usma.edu/an-autistic-sol…
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An Autistic Soldier Wants You to Read This mwi.usma.edu/an-autistic-sol…
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An Autistic Soldier Wants You to Read This | @cortney_dc mwi.usma.edu/an-autistic-sol…
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An Autistic Soldier Wants You To Read This mwi.usma.edu/an-autistic-sol…
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Cortney Weinbaum retweeted
He has been waiting for this moment his whole life 😂
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