2008

• 11/15 Listen to COACH E’s interview on WNYC.
• 9/14 Autism: The Musical receives an Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special.
• 9/9 Autism: The Musical inspires Florida seventh-grader.
• 7/17 Autism: The Musical’ has been nominated for Emmys in five categories: Outstanding nonfiction special; outstanding directing for nonfiction programming; outstanding cinematography for nonfiction programming; outstanding picture editing for nonfiction programming; and outstanding sound editing for nonfiction programming (single or multi-camera)
• 7/8 The Academy of Motion Pictures announces that it will be screening Autism: The Musical on October 1 at 7 pm.
• 7/5 A recent interview with Coach E
• 6/16 A news story on Wyatt’s Bar Mitzvah
• 5/8“Autism: The Musical” Premieres on DVD.
• 3/26 The Miracle Project in action – CNN vists Coach E and her current Miracle Project class at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Servies.
• 3/25 Autism Today has published a podcast interview of Elaine by Karen Simmons here.
• 3/24 Nancy Shute interviews Elaine in the U.S. News and World Report Blog
• 3/23 NY TIMES — A Season of Song, Dance and Autism/
• 3/19 Elaine, Henry and Wyatt appeared on CBS’ The Ealry Show. Watch the video clip here.
• 3/19 Autism: The Musical Part 1 on CBS News
• 3/13 Elaine Hall and Autism: the Musical will be featured in Newsweek, on stands 3/31
• 3/11 Kaiser Permanente gave its first ever “Thrive” award to Autism: The Musical – an award given to the film that best exemplifies people who manage to thrive in the face of challenges.
• 3/10 From catholic.org – “This is the surprisingly upbeat story of five autistic children, their families and Elaine Hall, the dynamic educator and acting coach whose innovative theater program, The Miracle Project, empowers them to defy expectations by writing, rehearsing and performing their own musical.” read more
• 3/9 Autism: The Musical won the Cinequest award for Best Documentary Feature