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‘The Valuable 500’ Global Movement Adds Keter to Prestigious Shortlist of companies Committed to Advancing Disability Business Inclusion

‘The Valuable 500’ global movement announced that Keter is now a part of the prestigious shortlist of...

Yuval Wagner is 1 of Top 20 Disabled People With a Global Voice Everyone Must Follow / Newz Hook

From advocates to artists, from lawyers and models, from doctors to judges, it is time to realise...

Access Israel | An Opportunity for International Cooperation

People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, yet they are often overlooked. Access Israel,...

Israeli and UAE disabilities’ professionals find common purpose in expanding inclusion

With ties between the Mideast countries now official, two women are helping improve amenities, resources and accessibility...

Access Israel’s 5th International Webinar was a great success and historic with a speaker of the United Arab Emirates

Access Israel organized its 5th international webinar which focused on “Remote Employment of People with Disabilities during...

UAE disabilities program director presents at Access Israel conference / The Jerusalem Post

“I almost feel like Neil Armstrong right now, the first person there doing this. A small step...

Access Israel & Manzil – organization from the UAE joining hands

For the first time since the historic signing of the peace treaty between Israel and the UAE...

Access Israel’s 4th International Webinar on “Inclusive Remote Education” was a great success with hundreds of participants from over the world

Access Israel organized its 4th international webinar which focused on “Accessible and inclusive remote education during and...

Access Isreal produced a training short video for health staff accessible service at the #COVID-19 situation

Access Israel produced a short training video for health care professional on providing accessible services during COVID-19....

For the second time: 150 representatives from 50 countries participated (May 26th, 2020) in a webinar discussing the effects of the COVID-19 virus on the life of people with disabilities

The “Access Israel” organization which manages a large number of international ties for the subjects of equality,...

Access Israel conducted a web survey among 463 people with disabilities on their concerns at the corona virus time

The maximum sampling error for 95% accuracy is +/-4.6% The survey’s populations include: Conclusions In Israel in...

Keep working: Access Israel’s projects during the Coronavirus Crisis to help people with disabilities

The Coronavirus situation is a new and scary reality for all of us and we are all...

The founder of Access Israel, Yuval Wanger, asked the Ministry of Health “Follow the accessibility regulations for people with disabilities in this crisis”

The request was made following a number of incidents that occurred in the fight against the virus...

Access Israel calls to require the medical staff treating patients infected with the Corona virus to use transparent masks to enable accessible communication for people with hearing disabilities for which reading lips is critical

In Israel live 800,000 ‎people with hearing disabilities.The main communication between deaf and heard of hearing disabilities...

2020 – Israel is still leaving the people with disabilities behind

On the occasion of the International Day of People with Disabilities, Yuval Wagner, founder of Access Israel...

Self-driving taxis could be a setback for those with different needs – unless companies embrace accessible design now

Autonomous vehicles (AVs), like self-driving taxis, continue to garner media attention as industry and political stakeholders claim...

The importance of using transparent masks, professional recommendations – and also: Where can you buy them?

Masks of this kind improve and make communication between the medical staff and patients easier and specifically...

Making Facebook.com accessible to as many people as possible

We recently shared the work we did to rebuild our tech stack to support the redesigned Facebook.com....

Commissioner for people with disabilities in New York, Victor Calise speaks about accessibility during COVID-19

FAISR (Friends of Access Israel) interviewed Victor Calise, Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for...

Jamie Lassner and Alan Brown talk about COVID-19 and FAISR

In the video Alan Brown, Board Member of FAISR and Director of Public Impact for the Reeve...

In the shadow of the Corona Virus: a special discussion in the Knesset on making the health services more accessible

The discussion took place on Tuesday, 07.07.2020, by the Health and Welfare Committee. Access Israel will present...

Andy Lassner: helping others is the best way to overcome this crisis

Andy Lassner, Executive Producer of the Ellen DeGeneres show shares how helping others is the best way...

The Climb of a Lifetime

Another great article by Howard Blas on the group of people with and without disabilities who climbed...

Making Inclusion a Reality

Israel is known for many things – the land of milk and honey, holy sites, hi-tech, and...

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