Disability
Students with Down syndrome, autism graduate as teaching assistants
The first cohort completed a joint Herzog College-Shekel training program aimed at bringing people with disabilities into Israeli classrooms as paid teaching assistants.
Fair is not always equal: Adapting bar, bat mitzvahs to developmental challenges - review
Understanding your autism even when the journey begins later in life - opinion
Parents association rejects Teachers' Union threat to limit inclusion of students with disabilities
Petition filed against High Court over suspension of disabled parking permits
“The decision by the Transportation Ministry sentences thousands of people with disabilities to isolation, suffering, and inaccessibility," the petition states.
Shalva runners breaking barriers at Jerusalem Marathon
The runners will dedicate their race to the memory of the late Lt. Col. (res.) Eliav Abitbol, who fell in the Iron Swords War in southern Lebanon.
Brandon Farbstein: A voice for inclusion, resilience, and Jewish identity
From facing relentless cyberbullying as a teenager to advocating for anti-bullying legislation in Virginia, Brandon Farbstein’s journey has been defined by resilience, advocacy, and inclusivity.
Returned hostages to receive full disability rights, extra lifestyle benefits
This recognition is permanent and includes all rights in the mental, medical, employment, education, housing, car, full tax exemption, and other areas.
'State is forcing us to finance rehabilitation ourselves’: Families of ex-hostages protest gov't
Their pleas were met with repeated promises from government representatives, which families claim have been "withheld for months."
Jewish learning forced underground, again - opinion
Repetition of history as Jewish studies are suppressed and Jews are in hiding, once again
Aliyah and accessibility: The reality for disabled immigrants in Israel
The Magazine spoke with disabled olim (new immigrants) and service providers about their experiences and the support available to them.
On Family Day and Rare Disease Awareness Day, we must fight for equality - opinion
Family Day and Rare Disease Awareness Day coincide on the calendar, and to me, this is an important reminder: Every family is a family, no matter how they came to be.
Hamas's abuse of two mentally ill Israelis shows depths of terror group's cruelty - comment
Their decade-long captivity speaks volumes about the worst of human nature, of the depth of cruelty of which humans are capable.
Resilience amid war: How Israeli nonprofits support people with disabilities
The Jerusalem Report contacted leading Israeli organizations to see how the protracted war has impacted their populations and work.