# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/55 "2011-08-11T06:29:20Z")
**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.🙂 To ensure their consultants achieve their full potential, the social enterprise creates a highly-planned and predictable working environment to minimise stress.** (source: [BBC News - Jobs cash for people with autism in Scotland](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-10857029)) The above is an example of ‘niche construction’ - this is the term Dr. Thomas Armstrong uses for modifying an environment (creating a ‘niche’) to suit an individual’s unique needs. Armstrong makes the point that niche construction is what animals have done for eons - for example the bird building a nest, the beaver building a dam. And the environmental modifications do not have to relate to work necessarily. For example, the sleep environment could be modified for an Autistic person - which might well produce better and/or more consistent performance in the workplace. Sleeping in the Floating Bed™ may be a useful modification for a special needs individual, like someone with Autism: > [@](#): > > …The Omni-Pendulum or “floating” motion [of the Floating Bed™] is unique because it is the only motion that is calming to the Vestibular System, while stimulating the processing and learning centers. Other types of motion are often over-stimulating and cause anxiety, while Vestibular Motion Therapy …is relaxing. This has been known for centuries, and used for a variety of conditions. > Vestibular Therapy is beneficial for a special needs person, because they experience increased visual, auditory, & tactile sensory input, and relaxation at the same time, due to the gentle motion… A recent study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, confirmed that the gentle rocking motion makes ‘healthy’ individuals fall asleep faster, and they sleep deeper: [Why Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper : Shots - Health Blog : NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/06/21/137300311/why-hammocks-make-sleep-easier-deeper) Makers of the The Floating Bed™ claim that no other bed has this motion. It is the most simple, stable, predictable motion, and the only motion suitable for a bed, or for relaxing. This is because it is the only motion that tells your Vestibular System that you are safe to relax. (sources: [A Key Concept for Neurodiversity: Niche Construction | Dr. Armstrong’s Blog](http://thomasarmstrong.com/blog/2010/02/25/a-key-concept-for-neurodiversity-niche-construction/); [Sleep System for Special Needs Children | The Floating Bed Co](http://www.floatingbed.com/features-benefits/special-needs/); [[Better Sleep than Your Bed​​​​​​​ - The Floating Bed®](http://www.floatingbed.com/features-benefits/better-sleep/)](http://\\[Better Sleep than Your Bed​​​​​​​ - The Floating Bed®](http://www.floatingbed.com/features-benefits/better-sleep/</font></a>))) ([Better Sleep than Your Bed​​​​​​​ - The Floating Bed®](http://www.floatingbed.com/features-benefits/better-sleep/)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245)._