People with disabilities

Side by Side: Helping people with disabilities connect socially

The founder of Side by Side, Jacki Edry, is a mother of five, one of whom, a 29-year-old son, is on the autism spectrum.

ET LA’ASOT runs programs pairing high school students with disabilities with their peers, and Side by Side, Building Community, Together seeks to create a similar program for 20-somethings (illustrative image).
SHARABI: ‘THERE’S only one place that I want to actually be part of and create something and work together with. This is at Shalva.”

Choosing life, building hope: Former hostage turns to disability advocacy to honor wife, daughters

Naftali Bennett

B’Yachad promotes referendums to enable the disabled – opinion

Shai Sheinfeld and Roy After with 5-year-old Ziv Cohen designing a bike for him for the Helen Hamlyn Center for Design’s 2026 Fixperts Awards.

Israeli projects for disabled children place first, second in Helen Hamlyn Center Fixperts awards


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

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.

 Yad Sarah hotel

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. 

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

Israeli special needs community struggles to cope with war

Faced with the trauma of war, children and adults with cognitive, developmental and physical disabilities are particularly vulnerable to paralyzing fear, trauma and anxiety.

 Ruth Peretz and her father Arik at the Nova Music Festival prior to Hamas's attack on October 7 2023

'The Missing Book': A more inclusive world for kids with disabilities - review

The Mysterious Missing Book by Rebecca Seligson is the first book in the series The Adventures of Incredi-Wheels and Triple S.

 A PHYSICALLY challenged child plays the drums at the St. Lilian Special School for children, in Kenya last year.

Why is one of Judaism's holiest sites not accessible yet?

Despite decades of advocacy and significant donations, the bureaucratic hurdles have prevented the realization of a simple solution to make this holy site accessible to all.

 A view of the Kotel.

Bnei Brak opens new accessible synagogue for disabled worshipers

Tailored with innovative features such as entrance and exit ramps, accessible elevators, a lowered Ark of the Covenant, the Accessible Synagogue sets a benchmark for religious inclusivity in Israel.

 Young Jewish worshipers with disabilities seen at the new Accessible Synagogue in Bnei Brak

State won’t challenge acquittal of officer who shot disabled Palestinian

The officer in 2020 allegedly failed to understand that the autistic man had mental difficulties when the man failed to follow commands at the Old City of Jerusalem’s Lion Gate.

Iyad al-Halak, who was killed by Border Police in 2022.

Pomegranates and their reflection on human potential - opinion

the pomegranate reminds us that when cultivated with compassion people of all abilities have the capacity for growth and that it is our societal responsibility to ensure this evolution.

 AN ADI RESIDENT with multiple disabilities learns about pomegranates and her own potential, ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

Israel to bring in thousands of foreign caregivers for people with disabilities

The agreement comes following months of negotiations between the ministries and the organizations in order to come to a resolution prior to the beginning of the new school year.

Man in wheelchair, illustrative