NEWS, EVENTS & MEDIA
Specialisterne Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
This week Specialisterne is celebrating its 10th anniversary. On the 2nd of February 2004, Thorkil Sonne founded Specialisterne in Denmark with a vision of enabling jobs for people with autism. Inspired by his young son Lars, who had been diagnosed with Infantile...
From Hope, to Action, to impact
Watch first-hand accounts of Specialisterne and the work we do to help people with autism secure meaningful employment.
The Guardian
Specialisterne featured in the Guardian “An inspiring enterprise which employs and empowers people with autism has already expanded to eight countries.”
Specialisterne Feature in the Denver Business Post
There's no company in Denver quite like Specialisterne, but its backers and executives hope that isn't true much longer. The Danish IT outsourcing company employs people diagnosed with autism, making use of their particular skills to troubleshoot software,...
Forbes India
How Autistics Triumphed at SAP Labs When VR Ferose, Managing Director of SAP Labs India, employed three autistic people, he was in for a special surprise. VR Ferose Age: 38 Designation: Managing Director, SAP Labs India The Problem: People with disabilities,...
Specialisterne in Denmark receives Growth Capital
Specialisterne Denmark have received an injection of growth capital from the newly established The Social Capital Fund (“Den Sociale Kapitalfond”), Denmark’s first social venture fund, which is focusing on investing capital, and competencies, in promising social...
The Economist
Why business needs people with Asperger’s Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder and dyslexia In 1956 William Whyte argued in his bestseller, “The Organisation Man”, that companies were so in love with “well-rounded” executives that they fought a “fight against...
The Irish Times
Harnessing the special skills of the 'outliers' When his son was diagnosed with autism, Thorkil Sonne was given a new insight into the unique talents of those with the disorder – so he set up a consultancy firm with the aim to create one million jobs for “specialist...
TV2 Lorry feature on Specialisterne
Watch the show with Thorkil Sonne and Morten Carlsson. Thorkil Sonne tells his story about how, and why, he started Specialisterne, and why our consultants are doing a great job, solving tasks, for the corporate sector. Learn more about how we, succesfully, are...
HRH Princess Marie visits Specialisterne
In her role as protector, of the national Autistic Society i Denmark, HRH Princess Marie visited Specialisterne, in Ballerup, Monday the 14th of November 2011. The princess got a tour, around the office, at specialisterne, and first stop was the business department....
The New York Times online blog
Putting the Gifts of the Autistic to Work When his son was diagnosed with autism, Thorkil Sonne was given a new insight into the unique talents of those with the disorder – so he set up a consultancy firm with the aim to create one million jobs for “specialist...
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