Beit Izzy Shapiro

Beit Izzy Shapiro is a social change organization that has been operating for 40 years to ensure equal rights, full partnership in community life, and maximum autonomy for people with disabilities.

We work to promote adults and children through providing and developing innovative educational services, broad activities for creating social positions and operating a center for excellence, Research and professional training in the field of with disabilities.

Beit Izzy Shapiro works with all sectors in Israeli society and affects about half a million people annually through an investigative change. In the world we operate in 29 countries through consultation, academic collaborations, training and . In this context, we are proud to take an active part in implementing the International Covenant on the rights of people with disabilities.

The organization’s great influence on the with disabilities world has not remained below the radar: in 2011, Beit Izzy Shapira received the most effective association in Israel, in 2012, as a special consultant for the United States Economic and Social Council, and in 2017 the organization was elected as an Israeli organization that was presented above the main stage at the annual conference, in part by leading innovation in this world.