# Specialisterne: leveraging the unique skills of Autistics at competitive market terms

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/128 "2012-05-05T22:09:09Z")

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The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), mentioned in the above post, is a form of augmentative and alternative communication, typically used as an aid in communication for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other special needs. It is based on [Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615/121) and is specially designed to overcome communication difficulties in children with Autism by encouraging the child to be the communication initiator.

PECS consists of a number of stages:

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> … **Phase I:** Teaches students to initiate communication right from the start by exchanging a single picture for a highly desired item.  
> **Phase II:** Teaches students to be persistent communicators–to actively seek out their pictures and to travel to someone to make a request.  
> **Phase III:** Teaches students to discriminate pictures and to select the picture that represents the item they want.  
> **Phase IV:** Teaches students to use sentence structure to make a request in the form of “I want \_\_\_\_\_.”  
> **Phase V:** Teaches students to respond to the question, “What do you want?”  
> **Phase VI:** Teaches students to comment about things in their environment both spontaneously and in response to a question.  
> **Expanding Vocabulary:** Teaches students to use attributes such as colors, shapes and sizes within their requests…

(source: [http://www.txautism.net/docs/Guide/Interventions/PECS.pdf](http://www.txautism.net/docs/Guide/Interventions/PECS.pdf))

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