Denmark's Professional Foundation (or Specialisterne), an organization that changes the way society perceives autism by changing autism from handicap to competitive advantage.
The Specialist offers three main services. First, its evaluation and training program includes a 3-5 month individual assessment in which participants clarify their own strengths and weaknesses. Second, business service programs help 40 percent of participants become IT consultants in the Danish Specialistern. Third, the Danish Special School has launched a three-year education program for young people aged 16 to 24 with autism spectrum disorder.
The Specialist People Foundation has shown that if you are innovative enough, you can run a thriving social business with public customers, mitigating the public welfare system.
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