Special needs

Side by Side: Helping people with disabilities connect socially

The founder of Side by Side, Jacki Edry, is a mother of five, one of whom, a 29-year-old son, is on the autism spectrum.

ET LA’ASOT runs programs pairing high school students with disabilities with their peers, and Side by Side, Building Community, Together seeks to create a similar program for 20-somethings (illustrative image).
Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.

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Police officer indicted for death of special needs student Iyad al-Halak

The shooting of Iyad Halak led to criticism of the police, with then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitting it was a mistake.

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

Israel to hold concerts for people with autism, special needs

The instruments the orchestra features are as diverse as its members, including violins, guitars, percussion instruments, darbuka, pianos and singers.

The JSO in concert

Israeli foundation to host panel at UN convention on disability rights

The Athena Foundation specializes in empowering teachers through advanced technology, and will be hosting an online event to discuss the use of technology for teaching students with disabilities.

Teachers' submissions for the "Classroom Look in Lockdown" project.

Israeli special-needs karate champion wins gold

Idan Levi from Ramat Gan performed a kata, a karate form that resembles an elegant, yet powerful dance routine perfecting the movements of the martial art.

Idan Levi won a gold medal in the 2021 online inclusive karate world championship.

Special needs teenager drowns in Asi River in northern Israel

The girl arrived at the river as part of an activity arranged for a non-profit organization of special needs teenagers.

The Asi River at Kibbutz Nir David

Rivlin sees Beit Issie Shapiro transform lives of special needs children

Rivlin has paid special attention to people with special needs, as well as to those who have overcome disabilities.

President Reuven Rivlin

IDF's elite Givati Brigade soldiers march alongside disabled comrades

The IDF is renowned for being one of the only armies in the world which incorporates young people with special needs into its ranks.

Dozens of soldiers from the elite Givati Brigade hiked alongside their SIU comrades in an unforgettable masa kumta, December 3, 2020.

How many students are sick with coronavirus compared to population share?

While the rate of students infected with the coronavirus compared to the total amount of patients has declined in recent weeks, it has begun again to increase.

A masked student raises her hand on her first day back in school, November 1, 2020.

Pre-army trainees help disabled classmate climb a mountain

The other pre-army program participants “see him and not the chair,” said Itay Mori's mother.

Hanaton pre-army program participants hike with Itay in a special wheelchair

Special-needs families fear new lockdown

People with special needs who live in group homes could not understand why they were cut off from their families for weeks on end.

A gardener with special needs prepares flowers for planting at the Rhoda Fischer Memorial Garden at ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran on July 5, 2020.