North Idaho’s Panhandle Special Needs Inc. nonprofit is winning where it counts

North Idaho’s Panhandle Special Needs Inc. nonprofit is winning where it counts

Sandpoint resident Andrew Rogers and Trinity Nicholson, the executive director of Panhandle Special Needs Inc. (Photo courtesy of Panhandle Special Needs Inc.)Andrew Rogers is 33 years old, lives in an apartment in Sandpoint, works at the local Safeway store and is self-sufficient. It’s a “normal” lifestyle by any measure – something that didn’t appear to be possible 12 years ago. Autism didn’t hold back Andrew, and his life changed for the bett…