people with disabilities

Meet the Jewish activist fighting for the rights of people with disabilities

“This is one of the world's greatest overlooked human rights problems today. Tens of millions of people are still locked up, out of public view. The challenge is enormous.”

By LARRY LUXNER/JTA
19/03/2024

Israeli musician David Broza's symphony for disabled inclusivity

Broza performed Monday evening at a benefit at City Winery for Israel ParaSport Center, an organization he has been connected to since age seven.

By HOWARD BLAS
09/03/2024

Israeli kids with disabilities create cup holders for wheelchairs

In a recent project, a group of disabled youngsters at House of Wheels created a promising design meant to enable wheelchair users to move mugs around independently.

By YUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV
21/01/2024
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Lawfare Project takes action over incident in which swastika was carved into back of Jewish student

The boy reportedly returned home with his service dog's equipment bag torn up and a swastika carved into his back.

How families with special-needs children endure the war - opinion

Like a double dose of punishment: The experiences of families with special-needs children enduring the war.

Children at new special needs school suffer trauma from Hamas attacks

Members of the police community outreach department had come to spend the morning with the Oz Field School for children with special needs from evacuated communities in Jerusalem.

Shelley Akabas, Columbia U social work pioneer who transformed the world of work, dies at 92

Sheila (Shelley) Akabas, a professor of social work at Columbia University, pioneered research into how labor and management could expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
28/11/2023

Israel finds body of Ruth Peretz, disabled teen missing since October 7

Her father Eric, who was also declared missing since the mass Hamas infiltration, was found lifeless by police and medical personnel on October 16.

Yad Sarah’s Jerusalem hotel hosts disabled, elderly evacuees for free

Yad Sarah has sent the volunteer drivers of its Nechonit wheelchair-accessible van unit to evacuate 100 residents from combat zones in the South, including those with disabilities.

Amid war, IDF spokesman visits disabled brother at Adi Negev village

IDF spokesman Brigadier-General Daniel Hagari went to Adi Negev-Nahalat Eran in the Eshkol region to visit his very-disabled brother who was one of the first residents of the village. 

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