# 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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**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/86 "2011-12-07T04:08:07Z")

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**Specialisterne (‘the Specialists’ in Danish) 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 today.🙂 Similarly _Strokes of Genius_ seeks to harness the artistic abilities of those with Autism.**  
(sources: [Human Resource Executive Online - Story](http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/printstory.jsp?storyId=533322146); [Strokes of Geniusea](http://www.rcmautismnotebook.com/StrokesofGeniusea.html))

Chicago-based _Project Onward_ is another organisation like _Strokes of Genius_, but not specifically targeted to those with Autism or Savant Syndrome. A program of the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the communal studio provides artists with developmental, cognitive, and mental disabilities with the materials, art education, and support to develop a professional body of work.

One artist with Autism that _Project Onward_ represents is Blake Lenoir:

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> In addition to being a successful artist, Blake Lenoir is an avid gardener and environmental activist. As an artist with autism, Blake has channeled his encyclopedic knowledge of plants and his obsessive attention to detail into intricate drawings full of scientific observation of, and deep affection for, the natural world…

Some of Blake Lenoir’s work can be viewed via the following links:  
[Project Onward | Artists](http://www.projectonward.org/artists/blakelenoir)  
[artnet Magazin](http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/karlins/karlins1-18-06_detail.asp?picnum=3)  
[Project Onward: Project Onward [Artwork of Blake Lenoir]](http://projectonwardchicago.blogspot.com/2011/08/artwork-of-blake-lenoir.html)

(sources: [Access Living: Blake Lenoir](http://www.accessliving.org/index.php?tray=content&tid=top624&cid=362); [Chicago Cultural Center Visual Arts Exhibitions and Events | Chicago Art Magazine](http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/08/chicago-cultural-center-visual-arts-exhibitions-and-events/))

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