Ed Asner Family Center

We had the honor of welcoming the incredible Rob Paulsen to our Voiceover Class at the Ed Asner Family Center! 🎙️✨ Rob shared his talent, experience, and encouragement with our community, making it such a special and inspiring day for our students. We’re so grateful for his time, energy, and support of the arts and neurodiverse voices. 💛 #EdAsnerFamilyCenter #Voiceover #RobPaulsen #AutismAcceptance #MediaArts #Inclusion

A day full of community, connection, and celebration, complete with tacos, churros, and plenty of lotería 🌮🎉 We loved seeing everyone come together and enjoy the moment.

Thank you to our amazing sponsors for allowing us to pamper our moms of special needs children yesterday Thank You MA’s Italian Kitchen Sacred Rituel And Vienna Pastry Navah Asner

This week on The Brady Bunch of Autism, we share a raw childhood story about hidden struggles, quiet shame, and the life-changing power of being truly understood. Don’t miss it! stream it tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts.

💛 Tomorrow is the day! ✨ Shop. Give. Make an impact. ✨ Join us at our Kendra Scott Giveback Event—where your purchase does more than shine, it changes lives. Your support fuels programs at The Ed Asner Family Center, helping neurodivergent individuals build job skills, life skills, wellness, and creative expression through media & the arts. 📍 Westfield Topanga or online with code ⏰ 2:30–4:30 PM 🛍 Use code: GIVEBACK-LOPXB 💙 Bring a friend 💙 Shop with purpose 💙 Be part of something bigger One afternoon. Real impact.

Join us for a special Giveback Event with Kendra Scott and support individuals with special needs and their families! 🗓 Saturday, May 2, 2026 ⏰ 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM 📍 Kendra Scott – Westfield Topanga ✨ 20% of all sales during the event will go directly to the Ed Asner Family Center, helping us continue our mission of supporting neurodiverse individuals and their families. Can’t make it in person? You can still give back! 🛍 Shop online and use code: GIVEBACK-LOPXB Your support truly makes a difference. We hope to see you there! 💛

Happy Earth Day 🌍🌿 Today felt especially meaningful as our Academy participants spent time out in nature, slowing down, observing, and capturing the details that make our environment so special 📸 From light hitting the trees to textures on the ground, it was all about being present with the world around us. We’re now bringing that experience back into the classroom through our collage work using thrifted books 📚♻️ In honor of Earth Day, we’re not only finding inspiration in nature, but also reusing materials to create something new, giving old pages a second life through art. A reminder that creativity and care for our planet can go hand in hand 💛

Spring semester is officially underway at The Academy 🌷✨ We kicked things off with speed friending to welcome our new participants, launched our new job partnership with the Wildlife Learning Center, and jumped right back into core classes like Interview Readiness and Spanish. We wrapped up the week with carrot spice bread in cooking, egg decorating, and some karaoke moments we won’t forget 🎤🥕🥚 And that’s only a glimpse,we’re just getting started. From original songwriting and music production to creative writing and beyond, we can’t wait to see what this semester brings 💫 For more information on the Academy Contact Navah @teafc.org

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!! From Navah and Matt Asner and the whole TEAFC team!

Today we recognize Autism Acceptance Day, a moment to pause, reflect, and recommit to building a world where every neurodivergent individual is truly seen, valued, and celebrated. At The Ed Asner Family Center, acceptance is at the heart of everything we do. It’s in the confidence our participants build each day, the friendships they form, and the creative voices they discover through art, music, and community. We don’t just talk about inclusion, we live it. That commitment extends to employment and leadership. We actively hire autistic individuals and believe deeply in creating meaningful, supportive job opportunities. Many of our programs are not only designed with neurodivergent voices in mind, they are created and led by autistic individuals whose lived experience shapes everything we offer. Their insight, creativity, and leadership make our community stronger. Autism acceptance means moving beyond awareness and into action. It means creating opportunities, fostering understanding, and embracing the unique strengths that each individual brings to the world. Today, and every day, we celebrate our incredible community, our participants, families, staff, and supporters, who remind us that acceptance isn’t just important, it’s transformative. 💙 Let’s continue to listen, learn, and lead with compassion. #AutismAcceptance #Neurodiversity #InclusionMatters #EdAsnerFamilyCenter

Happy Passover! May this Passover bring peace, happiness, and renewal to you and your loved ones. To all who celebrate, we wish you a joyful and meaningful Chag Pesach Sameach. With love, Navah and Matt Asner and the entire Ed Asner Family Center Team

A wonderful Q and A session from our 2020 performance of It's A Wonderful Life, performed live on Zoom in December 2021. The cast included Host Tom Bergeron, PETE DAVIDSON, ELLIE KEMPER, MAUDE APATOW, ED ASNER, VANESSA WILLIAMS, CHRIS WILLIAMS, BILL PULLMAN, CAROL KANE, Ed Begley Jr., BD WONG, DIEDRICH BADER, RICHARD KIND, MIA FARROW, HANNAH SCHINDLER, SPENCER HARTE, ATTICUS BALDWIN, CHRIS TENNEY, JAKE TAHASHIAN, CHELSEA DARNELL youtu.be/BaQq9tz6sxQ?si…

This is what confidence looks like… and it didn’t come easy. It was built over time through the vision of our founder Navah Asner With support, trust, setbacks, breakthroughs, and people who truly see you. Watching our very first Academy graduates step into themselves They know their worth. They feel it. And that changes everything.

Happy World Down Syndrome Day 3/21 💛💙💛💙💛💙💛 Today and EVERY DAY we celebrate the community and our friends !!

Lucky us 🍀💚 Today at The Academy we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with festive fun, creativity, and a little bit of sweetness! Participants made their own shamrock shakes and enjoyed a lively round of themed bingo filled with laughter, connection, and lots of green spirit 🌈✨ Days like this are what make our community so special 💫

A wonderful Q and A session from our 2021 performance of It's A Wonderful Life, performed live on Zoom in December 2021. The cast included Host Tom Bergeron, Jason Sudeikis, Rosario Dawson, Mark Hamill, Martin Sheen, Mandy Patinkin, George Wendt, Lou Diamond Phillips, Phil Lamarr, Ben Mankiewicz, Ron Funches, Ed Harris, Kathy Bates, Naomi Rubin, Spencer Harte, Chelsea Darnell, Ryan Booth, and Domonique Brown. youtu.be/HOOCNzJkpsw?si…

In Interview Readiness, our Academy students participate in full mock interviews through in-person rotations 🪑💬 Students help create the interview questions themselves and take turns interviewing while their peers watch via live stream and take notes on performance. This realistic yet supportive experience allows students to practice communication, build confidence through repetition, and learn that interviews are manageable—and something they can succeed in 🌱⭐️

✨Looking to boost your social skills and connect with others in a supportive space? Join us for our one of a kind social skills course The Dating Spectrum, a 6-week, in-person course designed and taught by neurodivergent adults for neurodivergent adults to strengthen communication and social connections. Classes begin April 6 2026. For more info, email Navah@teafc.org

Yesterday marked a very exciting milestone for our Academy program, our first visit to the Wildlife Learning Center, one of our new job training sites for the Spring semester. Participants had the chance to meet some of the animals, explore the grounds, and hear about the opportunities they’ll be stepping into next semester. It was an inspiring day full of curiosity, learning, and excitement for what’s to come. We can’t wait to see our students grow in this new environment! 🐾