Disability

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.

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MACCABI WORLD UNION CEO Roy Hessing (left) and Tikkun Olam Makers founder Gidi Grinstein pose after signing their organizations' collaboration agreement.
Monik Konfino ,CEO Keren Shalem Foundation Public Fund of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel

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. 

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A “Young Investors & Technology” panel at The Jerusalem Post Miami Conference featured two startup founders pitching products at the edge of medicine, defense, and regulated finance, with moderator Dr. Efraim Chalamish.

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.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Apple introduces eye-tracking technology for iPhone control

Apple unveils new eye-tracking technology to help users with physical disabilities navigate their devices without touch.

MAY 17, 2024ByYINON BEN SHUSHAN

Grapevine: Archive acquisition

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 27, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Tom Weiss

Making Passover accessible: Haggadah for people with disabilities 

A disabilities charity develops interactive digital haggadah to make seder more inclusive.

APRIL 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
David enjoying the model seder with the IssieRoot’s interactive Haggadah

Child disability organization faces challenges during the war

Six months into the Gaza war, how is one child disability organization coping?

APRIL 19, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
ELWYN CENTERS treat children with developmental delays and autism, and research shows that this early intervention can have a significant impact on their progression.

Developing independence in special education at Alumot Or

An interview with Alumot Or Director General Ziv Magor

APRIL 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Adv. Ziv Magor, Director General of Alumot Or

Supreme Court upholds decision not to appeal acquittal of officer who killed Iyad al-Hallak

The petition argued that the court's ruling sets new legal norms, and failing to challenge them would have significant legal consequences.

APRIL 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iyad al-Halak, who was killed by Border Police in 2022.

This new exhibit in Jaffa features works created by people with mental and physical disabilities

With pieces from 25 artists, the modest, well-lit gallery was filled with oil and acrylic on canvas, drawings, mixed media, sculptures and even digital media pieces.

APRIL 11, 2024BySHANNA FULD
JAFFA’S ART Salon Gallery is hosting works by 25 special artists.

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.

APRIL 8, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Keren Shemesh: Spring Camp for Children with Disabilities and evacuees took place despite the war

New brain-computer interface allows people to play games with their thoughts

A universal brain-computer interface that lets people play games with just their thoughts can be adopted to improve the lives of those with motor disabilities.

APRIL 3, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Hussein Alawieh wears a cap packed with electrodes that is hooked up to a computer and gather data by measuring electrical signals from the brain; the decoder interprets that information and translates it into game action

Knesset holds conference advocating for the disabled during wartime

The Knesset held a conference with the Purple Vest organization to discuss the wartime accessibility issues of people with disabilities.

MARCH 27, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MEMBERS OF Access Israel’s Purple Vest Mission in Ukraine.