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Elaine Hall Founder of The Miracle Project, an inclusive theater and film program, star of HBO’s Emmy winning film Autism: The Musical, is internationally recognized for using the arts to enhance quality of life for neurodivergent/autistic individuals, and is one of Hollywood’s first Access Coordinators.
Featured in The New York Times, WSJ, Boston Globe, on CNN, CBS, OWN, NPR among others, Elaine has worked as advisor, script consultant, content developer, on-set coach, and/or casting consultant for Netflix, Shondaland, Amazon, Hulu, Disney, Sony Pictures including coaching on the series Atypical and appearing in the Netflix Emmy winning hit, Love on the Spectrum and Jason Katim’s As We See It. Elaine consulted on the film EZRA, starring a twelve-year-old autistic boy along with Robert De Nero. As a cofounder of the Hollywood advocacy group, 1IN4 Elaine was the lead Access Coordinator for the LA BARBIE Premiere. Elaine was the Access Coordinator for the neurodivergent cast in
ACCOUNTANT 2, and most recently worked as the Access and Creative Coach on Yorgos Lanthimos’ newest film, BUGONIA.
Elaine identifies as neurodivergent herself, and has an adult autistic son who communicates with assistive technology. Together they are committed to changing the media’s representation of disability - moving from ‘inclusion’ to ‘belonging.’ They are both featured in Scott Steindorff’s new film, Understanding Autism. Elaine’s memoir, Now I See the Moon, an official selection by the United Nations, is in early stages of development for a limited TV series.