| | | | | A sports happening promoted by "Access Israel", the Israeli sports association and the Paralympics council, to increase awareness to accessibility for persons with disabilities and paralympic sports, as part of the journey towards finding the next paralympic sports superstar.
The event will take place on Friday, May 1st 2015, from 09:30 till 15:00 on the Tel-Aviv port.
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| | | | | Today is Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen IDF soldiers and those murdered in terrorist attacks. As we remember and honor the memories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the State of Israel, we must also be cognizant of those injured in the line of duty, people whose lives were altered in an instant.
Yuval Wagner, an IDF Air Force pilot, was injured in a helicopter accident. Today, Yuval heads Access Israel, one of the leading organizations pushing for full inclusion in Israel. Here’s his story:
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| | | | | Disability rights NGO Access Israel and Hilton Queeb of Sheba have partnered up to offer an experience that titillates the senses while illustrating the difficulty of living with a disability 12/02/2015 | | |
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| | | | | A social performance by Access Israel in honor of Disability day around the world: "All excuses are over; don't park in a handicap spot!" The idea was to promote awareness in an original way. It let drivers feel what it is like to be a disabled person trying to get to their destination and find a proper parking spot
22/12/2014 | | |
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| | | | | view one of the most important social projects last seen promoting handicapped parking spots and disabled people 22/12/2014 | | |
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| | | | | By means of parasports and original ways to get people to experience disability, the thousands of visitors (children and parents) watched and participated in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis and rugby, Goalball (foot) for the blind, handcycle riding, riding blindfolded with an escort on tandem bikes, obstacle course with wheelchairs and more 3/07/2014 | | |
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| | | | | How can the Olympic Games be made accessible? What is the importance of accessifying all environments of life? these questions, and others, were addressed and answered by the Minister of Education and prominent lecturers from Israel and abroad. 26/06/2014 | | |
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| | | | | Around 150 CEOs and Vice Presidents of organizations and companies that lead the Israeli economy took part in the conference. The conference speakers dealt with the subject of raising awareness about accessibility for people with disabilities and the recent passed laws for accessible service in organizations and businesses that have come into effect during the end of 2013. 26/06/2014 | | |
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| | | | | the purpose of this convention is to get the Ministry of Transportation to complete the accessibility revolution
23/12/2013 | | |
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| | | | | The conference was held at the Herod’s Hotel in Tel Aviv. Knesset Member Ilan Gilon, Mr. Amir Halevi, CEO of the Israeli Office of Tourism, Mr. Ami Federman, the president of the Israel Hotel Association, and Yuval Wagner, the chairman of the Israel Accessibility association were all in attendance, along with 120 managers from the Hospitality industry 19/11/2013 | | |
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| | | | | Attended Minister Katz and the heads of his office, MK Karin Elharar, Commission for Equal Rights of People with Disabilities Ahya Kamara , Executive Directors of Transportation , Transportation personnel from the authorities , heads of disability organizations , accessibility authorized , and more. Total attended about 200 people 6/11/2013 | | |
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| | | | | a yearly event under the auspices of Access Israel with the cooperation of Israel Police Traffic Department, was held this year on Thursday 31/10/2013
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| | | | | NGO Access Israel chairman Yuval Wagner told The Jerusalem Post more improvement needs to be made in accessibility of voting polls for people with disabilities 27/10/2013 | | |
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| | | | | At the event were present the Deputy Minister of Finance, MK Karin Elharar, MK Ilan Gilon, himself a promoter of the accessibility issue, sports stars, paralympic sports persons and the general public 2/06/2013 | | |
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| | | | | The concept is simple, people with disabilities want to know (prior to leaving their homes) if their destination is truly accessible to them via handicapped parking, curb access, proper wheelchair flooring, van access to parking lot, whether the front entrance has stairs or not and more... 22/04/2012 | | |
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| | | | | Every day one and a half million Israeli citizens, thousands of them children, face every day difficulties trying to get to work or school, shopping, communication, public transportation and even just sitting at home with a nice hot cup of coffee 18/04/2012 | | |
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| | | | | The Ruderman Family Foundation has announced the establishment of the Ruderman Prize in Disability, awarding $200,000 to excellence and innovation in programs that foster full inclusion for people with special needs 19/12/2011 | | |
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| | | | | Hundreds of thousands of disabled Israelis find it impossible to go to the movies as 65% of theaters lack wheelchair access, comfortable view of screen
They want to enjoy a good movie at the cinema like everyone else, but for hundreds of thousands of disabled Israelis such an experience is often impossible 17/12/2011 | | |
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| | | | | On November 14th 2011 the Israel Education Summit took place, where 1400 high-school teachers attended. During the summit Access Israel, in conjunction with Microsoft, set up stations for the teachers to experience various disabilities 17/11/2011 | | |
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| | | | | Israeli ambassador and deputy permanent representative David Roet, initiated a feast of senses as part of the UN's "Enable" conference that was held in New York. Participating in the feast, were 30 diplomats from around the world. The feast was hosted by Access Israel representatives. In addition, multiple meetings were held at the conference with Access Israel in order to increase international co-operation in the fields of accessibility and integration of persons with disabilities. | | |
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.JPG "trying to cut a steak using elbow grease(Tal Zohar")
.JPG "Dozens of wheelchairs occupy parking spots")
.JPG "Yuval Wagner (right) and The Minister of Education")
.jpg "Yair Lapid, Shlomo Gabay, Michal Rimon, Yuval Wagn")
.JPG "Ilan Gilon, Ami Federman, Amir Halevi, Yuval Wagne")
.JPG "Minister Israel Katz and Yuval Wagner next to acce")
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.JPG "Gideon Sa'ar as the tried the wheel chair station")
.JPG "UN diplomats had experienced feast of senses, hosted by Access Israel")
