More than 10 percent of the population in Israel suffers from hearing loss. Every third person above the age of 65 is hard of hearing. Hearing loss affects all levels of society and causes difficulties in socialization and communication. The obstacles to coping with hearing loss...
Bizchut, The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities is one of the leading disability rights organizations in Israel. Our vision is of a society where disability does not present any barrier to full participation in the life of the mainstream community. The name...
Israelis are known for their love of nature. However, for 10% of the Israeli population, a casual walk in the countryside is not a possibility. People with physical, mental and emotional disabilities find it difficult to enjoy out-of-door activities due to lack of physical accessibility...
Micha enables children who are deaf and hard of hearing to enter the regular school system when he reaches school-going age – to hear, with a suitable hearing aid, to speak, to sing and dance. Micha’s services include fully equipped audiology laboratories, computerized aids for...
SHEMA for the education and rehabilitation of deaf and hard of hearing children and youth strives to “break the barrier of silence”; to meet the unique needs of these children through educational programs, rehabilitation projects and welfare care. By providing educational...
The Shai Society for the rehabilitation and support of disabled children is the volunteer organization behind The House of Wheels and was established by the late Miriam Schwartz in 1979. It is devoted to the development and integration of physically handicapped children in Israel,...
The goals of the Institute are to improve the quality of life of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in education, both as receivers and as providers and to enable deaf and hard-of-hearing Israelis to live independent and productive lives with full access to the types of services and...
