IDF Soldiers with Autism Apply Special Skills in Intelligence Unit

(Israel Defense Forces) Within the IDF's Special intelligence Unit 9900 are a group of highly qualified autistic soldiers who have remarkable visual and analytic capabilities which they use to interpret aerial and satellite photographs. They can detect even the smallest details, undetectable to most people. Col. J, the commander of Unit 9900, said the success of the project exceeded the expectations of its initiators.


2014-04-14 00:00:00

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