Persons with Aspergers in the medical field

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I am looking for persons with ASD, especially on the Aspergers side of the scale that is practicing or studying anything in the Medical field especially Emergency Services, Paramedic.
My son in a first year student in Emergency Services and he is being discriminated against because of his disability, so much so that they are trying to kick him of the course because of it. We are looking for people in the field that has had the same or different experience for advise. Or anybody that works in the field, paramedic.

To JDvdW:

You might get more responses if you post this in the "Work and finding a Job" sub-forum.

Two questions come to mind. Where are you located? And what methods of discrimination are being used exactly?

I have aspergers and worked for 10 years as a Ski Patroller (a kind of paramedic in the ski slopes).

I think it depends on the training schools reasons for wanting to kick your son out out. If your son is being rejected from his studies for no other reason than because he has the asperger label, or is a bit socially awkward but otherwise demonstrates ALL the aptitudes required to do his future career then that is discrimination. You can challenge that and get him to stay in his course.

However, if the trainers have consistently observed in his training thus far that your son hasn’t demonstrated the essential abilities expected at his level of training to perform his future job without reasonable accommodations then that is NOT discrimination under most countries employment laws. They can legally discontinue his enrollment. You could fight it, but you would probably lose.

I don't know what your son’s issues are. But, I've seen critical problems that people with ASD traits can have as emergency responders.

An emergency responder must be able to rapidly process multiple sources of information VERY quickly and accurately under high stress. Something few aspies can do consistently enough to safety do this kind of work . If your son tends to get flustered when rushed or when under pressure then this could easily cost a future patient their lives and your son his career. His future employer could then also be sued if they knew he couldn’t perform under pressure. Lots of practice and hard work can’t really compensate for this shortcoming as every medical emergency is different and there will always be a medical situation you haven’t prepared for.