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Grapevine: Archive acquisition

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

David enjoying the model seder with the IssieRoot’s interactive Haggadah

Making Passover accessible: Haggadah for people with disabilities

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Child disability organization faces challenges during the war

Adv. Ziv Magor, Director General of Alumot Or

Developing independence in special education at Alumot Or

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iyad al-Halak, who was killed by Border Police in 2022.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JAFFA’S ART Salon Gallery is hosting works by 25 special artists.

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

By SHANNA FULD

Keren Shemesh: Spring Camp for Children with Disabilities and evacuees took place despite the war

Spring camp for disabled children charges forward despite Hamas war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

MEMBERS OF Access Israel’s Purple Vest Mission in Ukraine.

Knesset holds conference advocating for the disabled during wartime

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A child with his wheelchair dressed as a bulldozer.

HIT students bring joy to disabled children with 'dream costumes' project for Purim

By VERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINE

Yehudah Uliel receives a toddler mobility trainer on March 20, 2024.

Toddler mobility chairs bring joy to children in Jerusalem

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Young woman in a wheelchair with leg in plaster (illustrative).

Israel's Sheba Hospital sued by disabled candidate over inaccessibility

By AVICHAY CHAIM

From right to left, Ofir Shandel, Vice President of Marketing of E.V. Motors, Yossi Cohen, President of Gado.

Army integration group marks 1,000th enlistee

By Eli Ganon

“Line for Life" Association

Association invests NIS 6 million to build home for disabled graduates

By Ofer Petersburg

Design for people with disabilities

Israeli kids with disabilities create cup holders for wheelchairs

By YUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV

‘GIRL POWER’ by Reut Fundas.

Young Israeli artists with disabilities express emotions amid war

By PENINA HOROWITZ

The arts building of McGill University in Montreal, Québec.

Childhood trauma and chronic pain are linked, concerning study finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘WE DO everything possible so that our precious children continue to live, our babies survive, and their small hearts keep beating,’ says the writer.

How families with special-needs children endure the war - opinion

By MAURIT BEERI