'Agricultural specialisterne': rural employment revolution for those with Autism

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From the Clay Marzo film, ‘Just Add Water’, pasted in below are insights from two Autism experts. Note that the ideas described do not just apply specifically to Clay Marzo and Surfing. They could as easily apply to some of the Autistics clearly excelling in other fields, utilising their obsessiveness in one area of interest to succeed…

…Dr. Tony Attwood (Asperger’s Syndrome Expert):
The best description is that the brain is wired differently. It means that some things are processed so superbly that the person has areas of excellence. There’s a tendency in Asperger’s Syndrome to have, what we call, a special interest. What it means is that when the person with Asperger’s Syndrome chooses to do something, they will become an expert at it, probably the best in the world at it.

Dr. Chitra Bhakta (Autism Specialist): That one activity or one sphere of excellence that they have that they can devote I think exceptionally long hours in concentration that I don’t think a typical person could bring to it.

Dr. Tony Attwood (Asperger’s Syndrome Expert):
But when they become so dedicated and they let their mind really focus on aspects and connections that noone else has thought of, so it becomes intuitive, that’s when they excel.
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Dr. Chitra Bhakta (Autism Specialist): You can see the passion that he feels for doing what he’s doing. I think it’s somehow he comes across, he’s so passionate about it, it’s almost like what he’s living for.

Dr. Tony Attwood (Asperger’s Syndrome Expert):
What he’ll do is have a schema of many waves that he’s had before and then be able to predict what he’ll do in that situation. So his brain disconnects from everyday functions and just becomes one with the wave. And so he’ll intuitively know what the wave is doing and so he will anticipate that and be ahead of everyone else…

(source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-F6uB4xt8o)