A special collaboration between Nova, one of Israel\u2019s leading semiconductor companies, and Asif, the Educational-Rehabilitation Center at Shamir Medical Center, has led to the development of accessible games and assistive devices for children with complex motor disabilities.<\/p>\n
The collaboration was initiated by Dr. Yael Segev-Kurtzwell of Nova, who previously volunteered at Asif and whose daughter also served there as part of her national service.
\nAfter becoming familiar with the children\u2019s needs firsthand, she initiated the collaboration, and Nova decided to fully fund the development of the assistive devices.
\nThe engineers developed accessible watering cans adapted to the children\u2019s height and grip, switch-activated games for children who are unable to move independently, and a multi-themed game board that enables children to participate in activities independently.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the month, a recognition ceremony was held at the school. The children read words of thanks, sang songs and presented the volunteers with gifts they had made themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Congratulations to Dr. Osnat Levtzion-Korach, Director of Shamir Medical Center, on her appointment as Chair of the Forum of Government Hospital Directors in Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n