Disability
Matan Koch, disability advocate who urged Jewish communities to ‘let everyone in,’ dies at 44
“His condition declined far more quickly than he, and we, had hoped,” said the family of Koch, the Los Angeles ADA compliance officer and director of its disability access and services division.
Where disability meets determination
Israel's deadly neglect: Disability rights ignored in emergency plans - opinion
Petition calls for emergency evacuation for disabled, elderly Israelis amid Iran missile threat
When mobility is a medical challenge: How advanced electric technology is changing lives
Quiet motors, smartphone control, and lightweight construction: The new generation of folding electric scooters and smart wheelchairs has arrived in Israel.
Jodi Samuels’s journey: Aliyah, advocacy, and community
Samuels reflects on her aliyah and advocacy journey: 'I wanted two things in my life: to live in Israel and to have an open home.'
Jewish education organization targets program at adults with intellectual disabilities
The program, called What’s Mine is Yours: Jewish Adult Learning for All., aims to provide Jewish academic resources for adults with disabilities, who have few options for Jewish educations.
Maccabi, TOM team up for disabled IDF veterans
The agreement reflects a shared commitment to ensure that anyone who wishes to train, compete, or pursue a sporting dream is able to do so.
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.
Mission driven: founders explain how startups compete with big-tech salaries
Glass said the first applications focus on disability, with the goal of enabling an upper-limb amputee to control a robotic arm “as if it’s their natural arm.”
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."
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.
The bureaucracy whisperer working to secure a more accessible Israel
Our determination to dig in our heels is what stands between us and an inclusive future for people with disabilities, says Monik Konfino, CEO of the Shalem Foundation.
"Space is for everyone": Jeff Bezos' company makes history again | watch
Michaela Benthaus, a European Space Agency engineer in a wheelchair, became the first person with this disability in space: "I loved the view, microgravity, and the flight upwards."
