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This post, written by Leah Hager Cohen, originally ran on April 25, 2014 on Cognoscenti. Every school day for five years, I drove to and from the low brick building on a shady residential street [...]

I’ve read a couple of different articles recently about the value of day school education for raising children who will identify and remain Jewish. I couldn’t agree more. I know I’m not alone in [...]

Written by Dori Frumin Kirshner, Matan’s Executive Director Another invitation to a bar mitzvah arrived in our mailbox. I envisioned a typical service followed by the usual photo montage [...]

Twice a year the Ramah Camping Network offers Tikvah Family Shabbaton for families with children with disabilities, cosponsored by Camp Ramah in New England and Reshet Ramah: Alumni and Community [...]

This article originally ran in The Jewish Journal. We were so fortunate to have Jacob offer the keynote at our first Matan Institute for Education Directors and we are so proud of his [...]

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 [...]

As part of Matan and Kveller’s month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Benay shares her success at mainstreaming her son on the autism spectrum into a Jewish day [...]

Shortly before the camp season ended, on the morning of Camp Ramah’s Festivale, R turned to me and said, “Mommy, last summer I needed Rachel to carry me but this year, I am ready to dance on my [...]

As many of you know, there is little information about the changing needs of adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to guide those planning programs and services. That is why the UJA [...]

Written by Jodi Samuels, this post originally appeared on MetroImma – an online community for Jewish moms. Last week I attended the Matan Educators conference. Matan’s mission is to ensure [...]