Special needs

The invisible scar is the one we refuse to see - opinion

Special in Uniform, a joint initiative with JNF USA, integrates young people with special needs into meaningful IDF service while creating powerful human connections that extend beyond the military.

Nitzan Yuval.
SHEKEL participants with counselor during a siren, in a bomb shelter at the Jerusalem center.

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

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

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Illustrative image of woman wearing handcuffs.

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Special education in Israel: Same mess, different year, say parents

However, according to parents and advocates for children with special needs, it’s the same old mess, just a different year.

ACCORDING TO the JDC report, 95% of parents of special-needs children claimed they are in great need of financial assistance.

Special education reform delayed due to lack of preparation

The Ministry of Education's announcement about two months ago that the "New Horizon" reform will apply to all special education schools was not made with the proper preparations.

The Education Ministry of Israel in Jerusalem.

Buddy Baseball All-Stars shine bright in the capital

“An event like this evening highlights the fact that we are all champions.”

ISRAELI OLYMPIC judoka Ori Sasson (right) takes an active part in the annual Friendship Circle Buddy Baseball All-Star Game on Wednesday night at Keshet Stadium in Jerusalem

Jamie Foxx praises Shalva Band

"This is so beautiful and close to my heart! What an inspiring group of talented young men and women!"

Anael Khalifa (center) and Dina Samteh (left) of the Shalva Band perform at Eurovision in Tel Aviv May 16, 2019

Special needs children soar among the treetops

“It’s fun to participate in the activities and get to know the guides and other campers,” said Yinon Ravivo, aged 17, sixth time at camp.

Ropes course among the trees at Etgarm Camp in the Tzipori Field and Forest Center

Prime minister awards wings to first special needs Druze IDF soldier

Alongside him is Lieutenant G., a helicopter pilot who is the first Druze to complete an IAF pilot’s course in the history of the State of Israel.

Prime Minister meets Tarc Tuba, 23, a Druze with Down’s syndrome who is part of the 'Special in Uniform' initiative

Special Needs: A new rehabilitative path in the Negev

“The people in the Negev deserve facilities that are as good as, or better than, those that are available for the people in the center of the country,” says Siev-Ner.

A NONVERBAL resident uses eye-tracking technology to communicate with her teacher at ALEH’s special education school in the Negev.

The special Torah: A haredi rabbi’s call for inclusion

‘Among children with disabilities, the prayer book is opened and shut and this is deemed to be true prayer’

‘MY BROTHER always embraced his cognitively impaired son, Mordechai, regularly bringing him to the synagogue over which he presides.’

Breaking down barriers with coffee, books and dogs

Shekulo Tov is not a charity. It runs on the concept of social entrepreneurship and is dedicated to the idea of bringing the mentally disabled out from the shadows and isolation.

IRAD EICHLER (left) in Rebooks, Kfar Saba, with two store workers

IDF welcomes soldiers with disabilities into Special in Uniform program

Today hundreds of youths with physical and mental disabilities have been successfully assimilated into the IDF's Special in Uniform Program.

IDF Special in Uniform commencement ceremony