People with disabilities

Through a mother's eyes: The wartime struggle of Israelis with special needs - comment

The mental and physical wartime challenges for Israelis with special needs

SHEKEL participants with counselor during a siren, in a bomb shelter at the Jerusalem center.
Oran Almog and Etgarim CEO Nir HaCohen.

Where disability meets determination

Illustrative, a woman in a wheelchair outside a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv.

Israel's deadly neglect: Disability rights ignored in emergency plans - opinion

 Israelis take cover in a public shelter as a siren is sounded warning of incoming missiles fired from Iran into Israel. March 06, 2026.

Petition calls for emergency evacuation for disabled, elderly Israelis amid Iran missile threat


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.

‘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.

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.

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.

 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.

 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. 

 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."

 CHAYA BENDER (left) and Jenine Shwekey, winners of the Dov Levy Prize.

Knesset passes law that defines right to independence for people with disabilities

The unprecedented law gives the disabled more control over their lives.

 A disabled person's road sign in Brunei

First orthodox siddur for people with disabilities launched in UK

The siddur is a tailor-made United Synagogue edition produced in partnership with JWeb working in collaboration with Gesher and Kisharon schools (for children with disabilities).

 New Siddur Lakol being used by Kisharon Noe pupil Salome and her Support Worker Necola.

Overcoming bureaucracy to help people with disabilities

Kesher Association calls to allow those with special needs to exercise their rights.

 THE WRITER lectures on the rights of families with special needs.