# Specialisterne: leveraging the unique skills of Autistics at competitive market terms **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [May 10, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245 "2011-05-10T07:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 115
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Specialisterne: leveraging the unique skills of Autistics at competitive market t Laura Craig McNellis is another Autistic artist. Laura, who is now in her mid 50s, shows us once again how the Autistic mind can create something unique and interesting out of what seem like ordinary things to most of us. Raised in Nashvile, Tennessee, for Laura art is a way to express herself, like for many individuals with Autism (who have verbal communication impairments)… > [@](#): > > …Laura Craig McNellis was diagnosed with autism and developmental disabilities early in her life. Because she is non-literate and her speech is only understood by family and close friends, her paintings have become a vital form of expression. She has been painting with tempera on paper since childhood depicting every-day objects, events and people with acute observation and sensitivity. She chooses her subjects carefully, giving the viewer insight into what McNellis can’t articulate verbally - those things that fascinate, amuse or hold deep significance for her… Here are some more links to the work of Laura Craig McNellis: [Artwork of Laura Craig McNellis](http://enolagroup.org/artwork/of/2/laura-craig-mcnellis.html) [laura craig mcnellis | Tumblr](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/laura_craig_mcnellis) [Laura Craig McNellis on artnet](http://www.artnet.com/artists/laura+craig%2Dmcnellis/) (source: [t r a n s f o r m e r](http://transformergallery.org/exhibitions/cryptic.html)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245)._