# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/60 "2011-08-22T03:57:49Z")
**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. One modification could be the addition of music particularly suited to the Autistic brain. BrainHeart Music, created by Scottish composer Punit Yaatri, is a pioneering new wave of music therapy designed to synchronise the activity of the brain and heart: [http://www.jandevrieshealth.co.uk/downloads/product\_files/794/brainheart\_music\_info.pdf](http://www.jandevrieshealth.co.uk/downloads/product_files/794/brainheart_music_info.pdf). The music has had a powerful impact on various Autistic kids and young adults who have listened to it. Yaatri’s _In The Company Of Angels_ and _STAR_ CDs are used to treat Autism and various other learning disabilities and brain injuries. Both CDs can be used to help aid sleep, meditation, yoga, relaxation & inspiration. Both CDs induce Alpha & Theta brainwave states and therefore are ideal for calming children before bedtime. _In The Company Of Angels_ is being used in mainstream classrooms to reduce disruption and can be sampled here: [In The Company Of Angels | Punit Yaatri](http://maam.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-company-of-angels) _STAR_ is being used in mainstream classrooms to increase concentration and creativity. It can be sampled here: [S T A R | Punit Yaatri](http://maam.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-a-r) A longer version of the track STAR1, which is particularly useful for accessing greater creative flow, inspiration and clarity, can be accessed via this link: [BrainHeartMusic’s Channel - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/user/BrainHeartMusic#p/a/u/0/Tn82JGrwamE) (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/); [The Music - BrainHeart Music | Punit Yaatri - Music therapy for your brain and heart](http://www.brainheartmusic.com/music.php); [Success Stories & Testimonials - BrainHeart Music | Punit Yaatri - Music therapy for your brain and heart](http://www.brainheartmusic.com/testimonials.php)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245)._