Lights! Camera! Access! Application deadline for July to Dec. 2026 Cohort is Thursday, June 4th at 9 pm ET.
Calling all Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent creatives - now is your chance to "take back the narrative" with authentic storytelling through the lens of your lived experiences in all forms of media - YOU have the power to shatter myths and stereotypes in TV, movies documentary, advertising, theatre, radio, live events, interactive, video games and more.
Join us for our critically-acclaimed LCA six-month online career exploration/career incubator Academy on Zoom. Check it out and find your tribe of like-minded creatives.
Lead on - in commUNITY.
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Stay tuned - ADA35 will be available on demand next week.
In celebration of ADA35, Disability Pride Month and the 40th Anniversary of the US Congressional Joint Resolution for National Disability in Entertainment Week, ADA Lead On Productions, Lights! Camera! Access! (LCA) and Disability Unite join forces to spotlight creatives with disabilities who take back the narrative across media platforms.
Welcome to Lights! Camera! Access! (LCA),
LCA was first launched as a Sector Summit by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Office (ODEP) and was hosted as a one-day Summit by the Diversity Committee of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to coincide with the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA20). Everyone was welcomed by DOL former Secretary Hilda Solis and Assistant Secretary Kathy Martinez.
Since that LCA launch, and until COVID hit, LCA was convened in major media markets and hosted by:
Hollywood: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, CBS, and The Coelho Center for Disability Law, Justice and Innovation/Loyola Marymount
Check out the video to LCA at CBS/Television Academy Taking Action
Washington, DC: The White House and Gallaudet University
New York: BBDO Worldwide, NBC, and ReelAbilities Film Festival
Check out the video to LCA at BBDO in this TV Guide
Silicon Valley: Computer History Museum
Chicago: Chicago Mayor’s Office for Persons with Disabilities and Chicago Film Office; Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
San Diego: Options for All and San Diego State University’s Interwork Institute
Since the pandemic, LCA has pivoted to a six-month, online Career Exploration/Career Incubator Academy.
For questions, please email us at lights.camera.access2@gmail.com
In honor of ADA30, Tari Hartman Squire and Danny Woodburn created ADA Lead On Productions, to honor the legacy of the ADA and to create online variety shows featuring established and emerging talent with disabilities, many of whom are LCA alumni. Tari and Danny are considered pioneers in paving the intersection of disability and media and are featured in this Forbes article.
So far, ADA Lead On Productions has won the 2021 Audience Honors Shorty Award.
and the 2022 Gold Anthem Award in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
For more information, check out ADA Lead On Productions - https://leadonada.org/ or write to us at ADAleadonproductions@gmail.com
LCA was built on the success of the Media Access Office, the groundbreaking original liaison between the disability community and the entertainment industry.
Thanks for visiting our LCA website…..Lead On!