# 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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**Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/9 "2011-05-18T14:20:49Z")

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Less than two months ago, Specialisterne Iceland opened:

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> …The general manager, Bjarni, and the founder, Hjortur, are really calm and dedicated - the right people to involve all stakeholders in the Icelandic society to unite forces to make Specialisterne Iceland a role model not only for Iceland but for communities of the same size in the whole World..

(source: [http://thorkilsjourney.specialistpeople.com/launching-specialisterne-iceland](http://thorkilsjourney.specialistpeople.com/launching-specialisterne-iceland))

Thorkil Sonne’s visit to Iceland in January 2009 had originally sparked the idea of launching a similar company there. He visited at the invitation of the small nation’s Autism Association and the initiative of Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir, the producer of the documentary _A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism (aka The Sunshine Boy)_, which mentions Specialisterne.  
(source: [http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/search/news/Default.asp?ew\_0\_a\_id=368714](http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/search/news/Default.asp?ew_0_a_id=368714))

Directed by award-winning Icelandic filmmaker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, _The Sunshine Boy_ is a story of courage, hope, and love. Margret travels from Iceland to the U.S. as she embarks upon a quest to understand her severely autistic son Keli (age 11).  
(source: [The Sunshine Boy](http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941130/))

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