Specialisterne (Danish for ‘Specialists’) seeks to harness strengths that many people with Autism Spectrum Disorders possess - good attention to fine details, precision, and high tolerance for repetitive tasks. Their consultants bring the joy of work into areas where it is often missing.
As listed in Temple Grandin’s book, The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger’s, one of the things that Specialisterne does not tolerate is anger where equipment is damaged or other people are hit. In return, the consultants are provided with a work environment where sensory distractions are minimized and they do not have to deal with difficult bosses and complex social situations.
(source: The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger’s by Temple Grandin)
The issues mentioned above may be related - via something called meltdowns which can happen in Autistic people.
In the previous post, The Incredible 5-Point Scale was mentioned. Developed by Buron and Curtis, this is a simple 5-point scale that can help students understand and control their emotional reactions to everyday events. Their 2004 book on the subject, shows how to break down a given behavior and, with the students active participation, develop a scale that identifies the problem and suggests alternative, positive behaviors at each level of the scale…
The Incredible 5-Point Scale is described more fully (with the use of various illustrations) via the following link: http://www.5pointscale.com/other_projects_article_5-point_scale.htm
(source: http://www.aapcpublishing.net/documents/books/9023.pdf)