Putting “special interests” to work

Posted by Patricia Wright on October 15th, 2009

A story in Wired Magazine explains how the news of his son’s autism diagnosis inspired Danish entrepreneur Thorkil Sonne to start Specialisterne (Danish for “Specialists”), an I.T. firm that hires mostly people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

One characteristic we often hear about people with autism is an intense interest in a particular subject. Colloquially in the field …Read More » »