disabilities

Longtime Israel advocate Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi shifts focus to disabilities

RespectAbility, the advocacy group she founded, aims to bring disabilities out of the closet into two arenas: among employers and the Jewish community.

Making Room on the Bench for students with disabilities

A $100,000 Joshua Venture grant launches a New York Jewish school’s program promoting more inclusive classrooms.

New York’s Shefa School seeks to be catalyst for day schools serving kids with disabilities

The new Manhattan day school is serving children who advocates say are not getting the support they need in existing Jewish schools.

United States

Learning to live independently, ‘millimeter by millimeter’

United States

Autism self-advocate Ari Ne’eman recognized for work on inclusion of people with disabilities

Lifestyle

Camps promote inclusion, job skills with burgeoning vocational programs

United States

Ruderman foundation partners with Chabad in $1 million inclusion initiative

Culture

Start-up Nation takes on disabilities

Global

Memorial to Nazi ‘euthanasia’ victims dedicated in Berlin

Israel

U.S. trust awards $1.75 million to Israeli agencies for disabled

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