Disabled, Not Half a Human Being

Disabled, Not Half a Human Being is an Israeli Non-governmental organization (Voluntary association) which works for the rights of people with disabilities in the State of Israel. Its main goals are raising the general disability pension and equalizing it to the minimum wage, advancing the issue of accessibility, advancing the Right to housing for disabled people, nursing, proper medical treatment and integration of people with disabilities into society and employment.

The logo of the association

History

The organization was established in April 2016, as a part of a national campaign whose name was "Disabled, Not Half a Human Being", which had begun in January 2015, as a protest to the wear of the disability pension in Israel for more than 15 years. The association is a member of several social forums as "The Forum for the Struggle Against Poverty",[1] "The Forum for the health advancement of people with disabilities", and the national committee for advancing the rights of people with disabilities in the Israel Bar Association.

Founders

The founders are chairman of the association Alex Fridman, a wheelchair-using man who has a muscular dystrophy which is SMA, a social networking screenwriter. And the CEO Hanan Tal, a social activist with no disability who has been funding the organization and the campaign from the start, and volunteers as the CEO from the very beginning. Hanan Tal is working as a commercial diver and a director at E.A.P.C for the last 15 years.

In January 2015 Fridman and Tal decided to establish the association after hearing about a woman with a disability who tried to commit suicide as a result of her economic distress, and began a viral campaign under the slogan "Disabled, Not Half a Human Being" to raise the Disability pension in Israel.

See also

Disability rights in Israel

References
  1. Niv Elis (August 14, 2016). "Forum for Combating Poverty says budget plans fall short". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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