Does inclusion come at the cost of limiting ourselves for the sake of accommodating the needs of only a few individuals? Pamela Schuller challenges this assumption by presenting a new Continue Reading →
It is Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM). Let’s begin with a story from the Talmud, (Taanit 20:a-b). “Rabbi Elazar was coming from the house of his teacher, elated Continue Reading →
Connections would like to take a moment to thank Rosh Pina and Elana Naftalin-Kelman for an amazing three days of training within the Pittsburgh Jewish Community on better ways of Continue Reading →
The JCC offers programming in the mainstream of the Jewish community for individuals with special needs. We encourage every interested person with a disability to participate in our programs. The Continue Reading →
Temple Sinai’s Disability Inclusion Task Force has been in existence for a little over a year, but has done important work to make Temple Sinai welcoming to people of all Continue Reading →
This August marks the three year anniversary of The Friendship Circle’s purchase of the old Gullifty’s building. Renovations were completed in early 2016 and staff began the transition into the Continue Reading →
Earlier this summer, a young boy named Sawyer was the only child in his class not invited to another student’s birthday party. He was also the only child in the Continue Reading →