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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

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

ALUT celebrates International Autism Day

International Autism Day: ALUT hostel for Arab adults assists raising awareness of autism

Eric Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Disability Rights International, testifies on Dec. 6, 2022, before a Senate committee in support of the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act.

Meet the Jewish activist fighting for the rights of people with disabilities

By LARRY LUXNER/JTA

DAVID BROZA performs at a benefit at City Winery for Israel ParaSport Center, in New York earlier this week.

Israeli musician David Broza's symphony for disabled inclusivity

By HOWARD BLAS

Design for people with disabilities

Israeli kids with disabilities create cup holders for wheelchairs

By YUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV

Jewish non-verbal boy attacked in Las Vegas

Lawfare Project takes action over incident in which swastika was carved into back of Jewish student

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

Oz Field School for children with special needs from evacuated communities in Jerusalem.

Children at new special needs school suffer trauma from Hamas attacks

By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

Sheila (Shelley) Akabas, a retired professor of social work at Columbia University, pioneered research into how labor and management could expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities and other challenges.

Shelley Akabas, Columbia U social work pioneer who transformed the world of work, dies at 92

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

Ruth Peretz, murdered in the October 7 massacre

Israel finds body of Ruth Peretz, disabled teen missing since October 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yad Sarah hotel

Yad Sarah’s Jerusalem hotel hosts disabled, elderly evacuees for free

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

IDF spokesman Brigadier-General Daniel Hagari went to Adi Negev-Nahalat Eran in the Eshkol region to visit his very-disabled brother, Yoni, who was one of the first residents of the village.

Amid war, IDF spokesman visits disabled brother at Adi Negev village

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Israeli special needs community struggles to cope with war

By HANNAH BROWN

A PHYSICALLY challenged child plays the drums at the St. Lilian Special School for children, in Kenya last year.

'The Missing Book': A more inclusive world for kids with disabilities - review

By MIRIAM KATES LOCK

A view of the Kotel.

Why is one of Judaism's holiest sites not accessible yet?

Young Jewish worshipers with disabilities seen at the new Accessible Synagogue in Bnei Brak

Bnei Brak opens new accessible synagogue for disabled worshipers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF