Edina’s Resources for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
If the walls could talk in the great room of Debra Schipper’s Minnetonka home, they would have a lot to say. Her powerhouse of an organization where gifted kids who are also identified on the autism spectrum can learn important social skills began in that very room—with just 12 students.
“Kids were everywhere,” Schipper says. “In the basement, the playroom, the kitchen.” She laughs and says that’s when she knew this “friendship group,” as these sessions were called, needed to grow. She knew she needed a space where these kids—and these sessions—could flourish. Read more about Edina’s Resources for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
