Disability

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

Israel's failure to provide accessible shelters for disabled citizens leaves them vulnerable during missile attacks, with deadly consequences for hundreds of thousands.

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

New transportation solutions for people with mobility difficulties

When mobility is a medical challenge: How advanced electric technology is changing lives

Jodi Samuels, founder of JIC and Jodi's Voice.

Jodi Samuels’s journey: Aliyah, advocacy, and community


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

The petition argued that the court's ruling sets new legal norms, and failing to challenge them would have significant legal consequences.

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

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

With pieces from 25 artists, the modest, well-lit gallery was filled with oil and acrylic on canvas, drawings, mixed media, sculptures and even digital media pieces.

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

Spring camp for disabled children charges forward despite Hamas war

The young campers enjoyed five days of activities like water sports, beach parties, a pajama party, a sunrise trip and more.

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

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

A universal brain-computer interface that lets people play games with just their thoughts can be adopted to improve the lives of those with motor disabilities.

 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

Knesset holds conference advocating for the disabled during wartime

The Knesset held a conference with the Purple Vest organization to discuss the wartime accessibility issues of people with disabilities.

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

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

"Mom, I want a wheelchair because I want to be cool like them!" – Children with disabilities at Beit Issie Shapiro embrace holiday spirit with customized costumes that incorporate mobility aids.

 A child with his wheelchair dressed as a bulldozer.

Toddler mobility chairs bring joy to children in Jerusalem

TOM is about making affordable and accessible solutions for people with disabilities.

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

Israel's Sheba Hospital sued by disabled candidate over inaccessibility

The hospital responded that, unfortunately it was not possible due to " space restiants of the hospital" and that it wouldnt be "so comfortable."

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

Army integration group marks 1,000th enlistee

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

Association invests NIS 6 million to build home for disabled graduates

The house, unoccupied amid the ongoing war, aims to provide lodging to those with complex disabilities

 “Line for Life" Association