Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
COHEN RON
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACORDA THERAPEUTICS INC [ACOR] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
420 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/02/2015
(Street)

ARDSLEY, NY 10502		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 10/02/2015   M   8,811 (1) A $ 6 421,211 D  
Common Stock 10/02/2015   M   70,358 (1) A $ 5.85 491,569 D  
Common Stock 10/02/2015   M   500 (1) A $ 8.5 492,069 D  
Common Stock 10/02/2015   M   54,421 (1) A $ 15.49 546,490 D  
Common Stock 10/02/2015   S   134,090 (1) D $ 28.0121 (2) 412,400 D  
Common Stock 10/05/2015   M   910 (1) A $ 15.49 413,310 D  
Common Stock 10/05/2015   S   910 (1) D $ 30.1 412,400 D  
Common Stock               100,000 I Beneficial Ownership in Trust (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 6 10/02/2015   M     8,811 (1)   (4) 02/15/2016 Common Stock 8,811 $ 0 4,005 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 5.85 10/02/2015   M     70,358 (1)   (5) 03/17/2016 Common Stock 70,358 $ 0 14,642 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 8.5 10/02/2015   M     500 (1)   (6) 09/25/2016 Common Stock 500 $ 0 0 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 15.49 10/02/2015   M     54,421 (1)   (7) 12/21/2016 Common Stock 54,421 $ 0 51,673 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 15.49 10/05/2015   M     910 (1)   (7) 12/21/2016 Common Stock 910 $ 0 50,763 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
COHEN RON
420 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD
ARDSLEY, NY 10502		   X     President and CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Ron Cohen   10/06/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Exercises and sales pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan. All of the exercised options were scheduled to expire in 2016 on the expiration dates reported within Table II unless exercised. The reporting person sold the shares resulting from the option exercises with the intent to use the proceeds from those sales primarily to cover the exercise prices of the exercised options as well as to fund tax obligations resulting from the reported transactions and other transactions relating to issuer common stock awards granted to the reporting person.
(2) The price reported represents the weighted average sales price of shares sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.00 to $28.14 per share. The reporting person will provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.
(3) These shares were previously reported as directly beneficially owned by the reporting person. On May 28, 2015, the reporting person contributed these shares to a grantor retained annuity trust established by the reporting person. The reporting person is the sole trustee of the grantor retained annuity trust.
(4) The shares subject to these options vested in installments and were fully vested on 2/15/2010.
(5) The shares subject to these options vested in installments and were fully vested on 11/10/2010.
(6) The shares subject to these options vested in installments and were fully vested on 9/25/2010.
(7) The shares subject to these options vested in installments and were fully vested on 1/1/2011.

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