# 'Agricultural specialisterne': rural employment revolution for those with Autism **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [June 5, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615 "2011-06-05T05:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 298
**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615/298 "2012-04-23T22:19:17Z")
I have mentioned, in another [post](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/38), _Talk Blocks for Work_. These are designed to help in promoting self-expression (about feelings and needs) in Autistic people and to lead to easier discussions with colleagues. Indeed, other tools may become available to aid Autistic people in helping them understand or convey emotions. Below is an abstract (and extract of the full text) from a recent study suggesting that some people (at least one person) on the Autism Spectrum have a form of Synesthesia which allows them to do this… > [@](#): > > The claim that some individuals see colored halos or auras around faces has long been part of popular folklore. Here we report on a 23 year-old man (subject TK) diagnosed with Asperger’s Disorder, who began to consistently experience colors around individuals at the age of 10. TK’s colors are based on the individual’s identity and emotional connotation. We interpret these experiences as a form of synesthesia, and confirm their authenticity through a target detection paradigm. Additionally, we investigate TK’s claim that emotions evoke highly specific colors, allowing him, despite his Asperger’s, to introspect on emotions and recognize them in others. > [@](#): > > …Our observations on TK also raise the possibility of a novel therapeutic intervention for patients with autism. Would it be possible to train the child (initially using cues from social context, situation, overt behavior and peoples expressions) to attach color labels to feelings, thereby allowing the child to develop a new internal taxonomy of emotions by mapping them on to his/her color space… (source: [NU Cog Neuro](http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~dbrang/images/Ramachandran_NNCS_InPress.pdf)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615)._