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As part of our month-long series with Kveller during Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Elaine Hall writes about raising a son with severe autism and carving a space for him in the Jewish [...]

Social Stories are short stories to help a child understand and behave appropriately in social situations.  The goal of a Social Story is not to change the child’s behavior but rather to help [...]

Gena Rosenzweig is a special education teacher by trade, working for the past 4 years in the area of Inclusion in the Jewish supplemental schools.  She currently lives in the Atlanta, GA area. [...]

Written by Lenore Layman, Director of Educational Support Services, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, llayman@cesjds.org The sun was shining brightly on a warm July morning as I spoke on the [...]

Written by Rabbi Daniel Grossman, Adath Israel Congregation, Lawrenceville, NJ In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Rabbi Grossman provides this week’s D’var Torah (word [...]

As part of Matan and Kveller’s month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Lisa Friedman, a Jewish Special educator and advocate for inclusion,  shares her guiding [...]

Guila Franklin Siegel is a guest blogger for Matan.  An attorney by training, she worked for over a decade in the areas of Jewish social change and Jewish philanthropy.  She lives in the [...]

Looking for a Shabbat themed activity for your class?  Make Stained Glass Window Shabbat Candles! Use construction paper to cut out the shape of two candlesticks. Rip up small pieces of color [...]

Written by Rabbi Michael Levy, this post was originally published in the New York Jewish Week’s New Normal, February 13, 2014. The New Normal is a blog dedicated to issues of inclusion in [...]

As part of Matan and Kveller’s month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Sally shares how a Jewish Day Camp diligently worked to make sure her daughter with special needs [...]