Cortney Weinbaum

Intelligence wonk at @RANDCorporation, amateur physicist. She/her. RTs not endorsements. Follow on LinkedIn or Mastodon ( @[email protected] )

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

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. https://t.co/2iNC4UNPPp

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

"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 https://t.co/Gif50qRKjo

[Military Times @MilitaryTimes]

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

https://t.co/zNpaN5Cmik

[Cortney Weinbaum @cortney_dc]

In national security, autism is in the closet. Here’s why.
https://t.co/n2td6PaEow

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

"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: https://t.co/qjzjGjJy96

[Modern War Institute @WarInstitute]

An Autistic Soldier Wants You to Read This https://t.co/4h9dXUzTOY

[Modern War Institute @WarInstitute]

An Autistic Soldier Wants You to Read This | @cortney_dc https://t.co/4h9dXUzTOY

[Cortney Weinbaum @cortney_dc]

An Autistic Soldier Wants You To Read This
https://t.co/RKqmknQvYw

[Cortney Weinbaum @cortney_dc]

@stevesilberman @RANDCorporation Thank you so much, Steve. And thank you for serving as an external peer reviewer for this study. My co-authors and I are honored to have had your feedback in this study.

[Cortney Weinbaum @cortney_dc]

@Bosenibamwe3 @RANDCorporation Our maps only show weapons purchased between 2018-2021. Rather than showing a country's entire inventory, we were tracking new transactions. Did Uganda receive an Su-30 during those years? According to this article, their Su-30s are much older: https://t.co/sZMvihVc3u

[〽 Inam Ul Haq @minamulhaq_]

He has been waiting for this moment his whole life 😂