EXPAND
(Systemic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Resource, Treatment), provided by Autism Services, offers resources to individuals experiencing crisis and who have a history of a developmental disability and mental health concerns.
pilot supported 500 people from five LA County Regional Centers to access devices, software and internet connectivity.
Easterseals Camp
celebrated 50 years
of holding a fully accessible experience for campers and volunteers.
Launched the
Autism Services Advisory Board.
Members, who are on the autism spectrum, advise on autism services and practices while helping to expand Easterseals’ connection with the autistic community.
LEAD
and improve the disabilities service field
Partnered to sponsor the 16th Annual California Disability Advocacy Conference featuring nationally known guest speakers who are leaders and trailblazers in promoting advocacy in the disability community.
Staff presented research and participated in over 50 conferences, summits, resource fairs, panels and other community events throughout the year.
CHANGE
the way people see disability
107 pieces of media coverage of services and events by Spectrum 1, Telemundo, KNBC, KTLA, Fox11 and more resulting in more than 2.3 billion impressions.
The multi-media PSA campaign delivered over 290 million impressions digitally, in print and on billboards.
Partnership with the Los Angeles Angels featured our PSA, collaboration on an in-stadium sensory room, and Easterseals game night.
Social media campaigns supporting Disability Pride, Strides for Disability, Autism Acceptance Month along with fundraising partnerships generated millions of impressions and more than 180K in video views.
Autism Acceptance month (April) and Disability Pride Month (June) were opportunities to celebrate and educate including news coverage, print PSAs in all major daily newspapers and community building events.
The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a record 115 submissions and an awards show held at Sony Entertainment Studios.
Led a panel discussion on “Accessibility and the Bottom Line” as part of the LA Times’ B2B “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility” Forum.
Media Access Awards with Easterseals was the first-ever broadcast awards show focused on disability inclusion in media with Academy Award winners Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur hosting. The awards were broadcast on PBS SoCal/KCET.
THRIVE
by providing the best-in-class infrastructure support to meet the needs of a thriving and growing organization
