Elaine Hall
Elaine Hall, “Coach E”, is an internationally recognized leader in inclusion and belonging. Her groundbreaking theater and film program, The Miracle Project, was profiled in the Emmy winning HBO documentary Autism: The Musical. Her memoir, Now I See the Moon, which is being considered for limited TV series, was the official selection by the United Nations for World Autism Awareness Day in 2011. As one of Hollywood’s first Access Coordinators, Elaine has provided consultation for TV and film production companies including Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Hulu, Sony among others. She is a co-founder of 1IN4 Coalition, which focuses on long-term shifts to increase employment and authentic representation of disabled people. Elaine also co-created the award winning NesGadol B’nai Mitzvah program.
Elaine was selected to Forwards “50 most remarkable people in America doing remarkable things in 2020” and was nominated by the LA Magazine as one of Los Angeles’ “most inspiring women who are game changers.” Hall has been featured on CNN, CBS, NPR, in the NY Times, the LA Times, the Wall Street Journal, HaAretz, The Jewish Journal among others and has appeared in Love on the Spectrum and on As We See It. Identifying as neurodivergent herself, and the mother of a non-speaking autistic adult son, she is committed to changing the way the media portrays disability.