# 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:** 89
**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/89 "2011-12-11T09:05:57Z")
Another of the artists with Autism that _Project Onward_ represents is Adam Hines, who is the soulful lead vocalist in the band, DHF Express (seen performing here): [DHF Express - DESIRE - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMiu1u9VhYg) > [@](#): > > …Artists with autism …frequently create pieces with lists and categories. > > Take Adam Hines’ piece “Wheel of Fortune,” a colorful sketch packed with a frenzy of words, graphs, faces and wheels. Hines, who’s participated in Project Onward for four years and attends five days a week, claims to hear a rhythm when sketching celebrity portraits or Chicago landscapes. > > “I’m working so hard and I want proof for the whole wide world to see,” he said. > > …Parents of participants see the difference. > > “There is fulfillment,” said Deborah Hines, mother of Adam Hines, who hangs his peers’ artwork around their home. “He gets a real sense of pride from this.”… Here is a link to some of Hines’ artwork: [Project Onward | Artists](http://www.projectonward.org/artists/adamhines) (source: [Rob Lentz (MFA 1997) Helping Disabled Artists Convey “What Its Like” - School of the Art Institute of Chicago](http://my.saic.edu/news/34453/Alumni-in-the-News-Rob-Lentz-MFA-1997-Helping-Disabled-Artists-Convey-.htm)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245)._