People with disabilities

Shalem Foundation CEO: Investing in people with disabilities strengthens Israel’s entire society 

At the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, Shalem Foundation CEO Monik Konfino detailed a national model linking policy, local action and care. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Monik Konfino ,CEO Keren Shalem Foundation Public Fund of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel
ACCORDING TO the JDC report, 95% of parents of special-needs children claimed they are in great need of financial assistance.

Disability inclusion cannot start with adults, it starts in school - opinion

Only a society that enables people to live and develop together, and that cultivates difference, reciprocity, and equal rights will raise people that do not need to learn to "behave correctly."

|ByADI SHARABI
Deaf actors using sign language communicate backstage prior to their performance "Luna Park" at the "Nalaga’at Theater" in the Tel Aviv-Jaffo port, March 18, 2012.

Knesset advances bill to recognize Israeli Sign Language as first language of deaf people

The bill would formally recognize Israeli Sign Language while maintaining the status of other sign languages used in Israel. It would also require the state to preserve, develop, and promote ISL.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM
PARTICIPANTS IN Adi Negev-Nahalat Eran's Disability Awareness Month inclusive race, December 31, 2025.

Diaspora youth mark Disability Awareness Month in inclusive race at Israeli rehabilitation village

The annual event brought together visiting students involved in fundraising efforts with residents of the village, rehabilitation patients, staff, and volunteers.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Why people with disabilities have trouble with dentists - opinion

How can boys and girls, or men and women with intellectual and physical disabilities carry them out? For them, just sitting in the chair amid the machinery for long periods is a hardship.

NOVEMBER 7, 2022ByBARBARA SOFER
How does a patient in a wheelchair get into a dentist’s office, let alone transfer to the dental chair?

Israel Elections: Why are mobility-impaired voting booths inaccessible? - comment

This wasn’t some nefarious plot to suppress the rights of mobility-impaired Israeli voters. Rather, it was likely just another classic case of Israeli disorganization and bureaucratic inefficiency.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByAARON REICH
Arab Israelis cast their vote at a voting station in Tayibe, during the Knesset Elections, on November 1, 2022.

Biking across Israel for Beit Halochem and disabled veterans

There are five different routes for the 180 Canadian, American, British and 120 disabled IDF veterans taking part, including off-roading, touring and extreme sports.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Courage in Motion riders.

Children with autism no longer have to go to board reviews

The National Insurance Institute issued a new circular to branches across Israel. A child with autism should not have to keep attending frequent board reviews.

OCTOBER 9, 2022ByLEON HARRIS
‘TO BE a parent in Israel is almost obligatory’: Israel’s national health insurance system offers one of the world’s most generous fertility packages.

Flight crew ignores disabled woman dragging herself to bathroom

Jennie Berry claimed she was told by one of the flight attendants that all people with disabilities should "wear a diaper" during flights.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022ByWALLA! TOURISM
Disability workshop 521

Israeli national Special Olympics competition to be hosted for the first time ever

Israel's first national Special Olympics competition is set to take place in northern Israel at the end of October.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAEL’S DELEGATION to the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi consisted of 25 athletes – 20 men and five women – who combined to capture 22 medals over four different sports

IDF soldiers, disabled veterans pack food for charity

The food is destined to reach some 1,650 disabled IDF veterans during the High Holidays.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Interim IDF Disabled Veterans Organization head Rafi Cohen Tsemach and Friends of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization director-general Adi Strauss

This woman made aliyah and led the push for Israeli disability inclusion

Clara Katz Feldman is the social visionary behind the SHEKEL organization that has transformed the field in Israel and several other countries.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
AT LEFT, with residents of the SHEKEL kibbutz apartment on Kibbutz Alumim.

Shalva Center opens bomb shelter for people with disabilities

The center, which is dedicated to helping people with disabilities, opened its building to help them and their families stay safe amid rocket fire. 

AUGUST 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shalva National Center's facilities are being used to shelter citizens in the South from rocket fire.

Founders of Special Children's Center win Dov Levy Prize

“We discovered that a special child can soar beyond challenges and beyond expectations with the help of a loving hand."

JULY 11, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
CHAYA BENDER (left) and Jenine Shwekey, winners of the Dov Levy Prize.