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This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund Employment integration is one of the most significant challenges for people with disabilities and in particular for people with intellectual disabilities. The productivity index is a major barrier to the employment of people with disabilities when economic policy is based on capitalist views, finding the

This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The purpose of this study is to trace and analyze the history of non-physical disabilities throughout the Classical Sunni Islamic period. The heart of the research is in the processing of data which comes from original sources written at the time of the research period,

Integrating adults with special needs into society in general and into the education system in particular is a cultural and social challenge. In order for this challenge to be successfully met, we must fully recognize the integrators’ attitudes so as to adapt what is required in the integrating educational setting. While the integration of adults

This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund Researchers from the University of Haifa and Ono Academic College in collaboration and funding of “Keren Shalem”, initiated and developed a questionnaire that will assess eating problems of people with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD). The questionnaire was based on “Aut-Eat” questionnaire for autistic people and

This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund For women with disabilities, and in particular women with intellectual disability (ID), the right to parenthood and motherhood is undermined due to negative social perceptions. The present study focused on empowering aspects of the mothering experience of women with intellectual disability .The study interviewed 11

This study was carried out by Michlol- the Evaluation and Measurement Unit of the Shalem Fund Towards the end of 2020, Keren Shalem published a call for social services departments (in authorities) for Tamar  track – a grant track that aims to support professional training in the field of disabilities in social services departments in

This study was carried out by Michlol- the Evaluation and Measurement Unit of the Shalem Fund A survey of physical structures needs was distributed to all authorities for examining the need to establish various structures for daycare for people with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD). In the survey, senior representatives of the authorities were asked to

This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund.  The main goal of the current study was to examine the developmental trajectories of musical aptitude (tonal and rhythmic) among individuals with non-specific intellectual disability (ID), compared to individuals with typical development (TD) in two age cohorts: older adolescence (17-21) and young adulthood (25-40). Musical

This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund. Between 2017-2019, thirty-eight individuals with moderate Intellectual Disabilities, (ID) residing in community apartments, participated in a study to improve leisure participation. While an important area of function and tool for supporting community inclusion, few studies have examined the efficacy of interventions to improve leisure participation

This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund. This study compared Family Quality of Life (FQoL), emotional and health factors among parents raising children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities at home compared to those whose child lives in a residential setting. 60 Parents of children with severe and profound developmental disabilities living