Capper Foundation

I first became acquainted with Capper Foundation in November 2015 shortly after moving to Topeka. Over the years, my affinity for its mission grew as I witnessed the life-changing impact of their mission from pediatric therapies to adult day and residential services. Their staff is incredible. As a donor, I am continually impressed by Capper's stewardship with at least 92% of their total budget going directly into programs and services. They have earned their 11th consecutive 4-Star rating from Charity Navigator and are a Gold level non-profit on GuideStar.
Oct 6th, 2023

Sep 17th, 2023

They are the best place to use to toilet at when walking in the heat.
Nov 26th, 2022

Bad place, not good.
Sep 16th, 2022

Dear Autism Family Members, You and your autistic child deserve to be connected with autistic adults. Your children deserve to see and hear successful autistic adults so that autistic success isn't some "pie in the sky" dream. I'll tell you personally that it's a terrifying childhood experience to rarely, if ever, be exposed to successfuly autistic adults. The Capper Foundation's "Autism Summit" has failed to include autistic speakers far more often than they have included. I even volunteered as an educator and autistic man to show off universal accessability features for learning that my mainstream classroom students use. Capper deamed the mere 10 minutes that I would need to valuable to take away from non-autistic speakers. 2022 Edit: The response from the "owner" has proven me correct. "Future summits may include presenters with autism" Capper considers autistic people non-essential in their conversation on autism. Sandy was more interested in defending the Capper foundation than the right of autistic voices to be heard in their own conversation. Sandy does not respect autistic voices and should be fired for gatekeeping for a second year in a row. If you care about your autistic child, demand nothing about autistic people without autistic people. Otherwise, they will face the same exclusionary gate keeping as us when they grow and speak up.
Jul 7th, 2022