# 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:** 91
**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/91 "2011-12-13T06:02:44Z")
**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_ - however only a minority of the Project Onward artists are autistic. Kenneth Williams is a prolific artist who depicts in his artworks the urban streetscape glitter and dance, full of animated buildings and shiny cars. Williams is the subject of Gabrielle Goodstein’s documentary film “Sun Always Shining.” Here are links to some of Kenneth Williams’ artwork: [Thresholds South Artists - Kenneth Williams](http://thresholdssouthartists.com/section/27455_Kenneth_Williams.html) [Welcome to Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art](http://206.126.234.127/www.art.org/exhibitions/archives/2007/kennywilliams.htm) Being a member of _Project Onward_, does not mean that one is restricted to that specific organisation. For example, Kenneth Williams is affiliated with both _Project Onward_ and _the Nathan and Kiyoko Lerner Foundation_ art studio at Thresholds South, is also represented by the _Judy Saslow Gallery_, and teaches art through _El Valor_… (source: [http://www.accessliving.org/index.php?tray=content&tid=top624&cid=373](http://www.accessliving.org/index.php?tray=content&tid=top624&cid=373)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245)._