Handicap

Petition filed against High Court over suspension of disabled parking permits

“The decision by the Transportation Ministry sentences thousands of people with disabilities to isolation, suffering, and inaccessibility," the petition states.

|ByYUVAL BAGNO
Disabled elderly man using a walker to help him walk.
Handicap home Beit Dafna in Holon, where three residents died on May 1-2, 2022.

Three dead, three hospitalized in Holon disabilities home from food poisoning

The tragedy began overnight Saturday, as one resident began to feel bad, lost consciousness and passed away. Two others died on Monday morning.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Handicap home Beit Dafna in Holon, where three residents died on May 1-2, 2022.

Three die in special-needs home in Holon, cause unclear

Overnight between Saturday and Sunday, a number of residents began to feel bad and suffer from diarrhea. One woman passed out and died soon after and two others died.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New ramps in the Old City of Jerusalem, part of six kilometers of alleys made wheelchair friendly.

Six kilometers of Jerusalem's Old City alleys announced wheelchair accessible

After a decade of work, some six kilometers of the Old City's winding alleys are now accessible for wheelchairs, baby carriages and people who are blind.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sports center for the disabled – turning lives around

The Israel Sports Center for the Disabled in Ramat Gan is the perfect arena for the rehabilitation of those with disabilities.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011ByEMANUEL MFOUKOU
gym, pool Ramat Gan

Gazan defies handicap to live life to fullest

In steely defiance of his handicap, Abu Lubda mastered host of hand-centric skills: ping pong, learning to paint, making handicrafts.

AUGUST 3, 2011ByOMAR GHRAIEB / THE MEDIA LINE
ping pong Gazan_311

A moment of Glee for Argo Medical

The hit TV show showcases Israeli ingenuity when a robotic exoskeleton designed in Israel to help paraplegics walk and climb stairs alone was featured.

FEBRUARY 10, 2011ByNICKY BLACKBURN
Glee