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Specialisterne Foundation

Ballerup, Denmark

A Danish foundation, founded by the father of an autistic son, that places autistic and other neurodivergent people into paid jobs with partner companies through an assessment and training model.

Focus
Autism, Neurodiversity, cross-neurotype
Leadership
Family- or professional-led
Where
In person and online
Languages
Danish, English
Since
2004

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Verified 2026-09-08 from european-social-fund-plus.ec.europa.eu. Added 2026-09-08 by the editorial team.

Note: Founded by Thorkil Sonne; credited with creating roughly 10,000 jobs for autistic people globally through corporate partnerships (SAP, Microsoft, IBM and others). Included as a large, well-known anchor organisation; leadership is not itself predominantly neurodivergent-led.

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