Filmmaker Adrian Esposito received the “Self Advocate of the Year” award from the Western New York Region SANYS (Self Advocacy Association of New York State) at their annual Self Advocacy Conference in Niagara Falls NY on June 2015.  This is the third time he has received a “Self Advocate of the Year Award.” The SANYS Self Advocates chose him for the award in 2013 and in 2010 he was chosen as leading Self Advocate of his graduating school class.