People with disabilities

Israel's deadly neglect: Disability rights ignored in emergency plans - opinion

Israel's failure to provide accessible shelters for disabled citizens leaves them vulnerable during missile attacks, with deadly consequences for hundreds of thousands.

Illustrative, a woman in a wheelchair outside a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv.
 Israelis take cover in a public shelter as a siren is sounded warning of incoming missiles fired from Iran into Israel. March 06, 2026.

Petition calls for emergency evacuation for disabled, elderly Israelis amid Iran missile threat

New transportation solutions for people with mobility difficulties

When mobility is a medical challenge: How advanced electric technology is changing lives

GRADUATES FROM a What's Mine is Yours class at Keshet in Chicago.

Jewish education organization targets program at adults with intellectual disabilities


Spring camp for disabled children charges forward despite Hamas war

The young campers enjoyed five days of activities like water sports, beach parties, a pajama party, a sunrise trip and more.

Keren Shemesh: Spring Camp for Children with Disabilities and evacuees took place despite the war

International Autism Day: ALUT hostel for Arab adults assists raising awareness of autism

‘Awareness and inclusivity in our communities is only growing,’ says Katreen Naddaf, director of Beit Havradim hostel in the northern Arab city of Shfaram.

  ALUT celebrates International Autism Day

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.”

 Eric Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Disability Rights International, testifies on Dec. 6, 2022, before a Senate committee in support of the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act.

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.

 DAVID BROZA performs at a benefit at City Winery for Israel ParaSport Center, in New York earlier this week.

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.

 Design for people with disabilities

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.

 Jewish non-verbal boy attacked in Las Vegas

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.

 ‘WE DO everything possible so that our precious children continue to live, our babies survive, and their small hearts keep beating,’ says the writer.

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.

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.

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

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.

Ruth Peretz, murdered in the October 7 massacre