Yuval Wagner
Yuval Wagner is an Israeli Air Force combat pilot who was injured in a helicopter crash in 1987. It left him paralysed and he was restricted to a wheelchair.[1] He realised the lack of accessibility in Israel for people with disabilities, and started Access Israel, a non-profit organization, in 1999. It works for accessibility to people with disabilities.[2]
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Yuval Wagner (2009)
Achievements
Wagner won the Globes' Social Entrepreneurial Award in 2006[3], and a Rick Hansen Foundation Difference Maker Award in 2011.[4] He also received the Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards given to leaders in disability sector.[5]
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gollark: The last one using UTTERLY apiaristic string manipulation which nevertheless runs very very fast.
gollark: And solve sudokus.
gollark: You can abuse "recursive common table expressions" (why is this a feature) to compute mandelbröts apparently?
gollark: ```sqliteWITH RECURSIVE xaxis(x) AS (VALUES(-2.0) UNION ALL SELECT x+0.05 FROM xaxis WHERE x<1.2), yaxis(y) AS (VALUES(-1.0) UNION ALL SELECT y+0.1 FROM yaxis WHERE y<1.0), m(iter, cx, cy, x, y) AS ( SELECT 0, x, y, 0.0, 0.0 FROM xaxis, yaxis UNION ALL SELECT iter+1, cx, cy, x*x-y*y + cx, 2.0*x*y + cy FROM m WHERE (x*x + y*y) < 4.0 AND iter<28 ), m2(iter, cx, cy) AS ( SELECT max(iter), cx, cy FROM m GROUP BY cx, cy ), a(t) AS ( SELECT group_concat( substr(' .+*#', 1+min(iter/7,4), 1), '') FROM m2 GROUP BY cy )SELECT group_concat(rtrim(t),x'0a') FROM a;```
References
- "'Israel can be the world leader in digital accessibility'". Jerusalem Post Israel News-. 22 Oct 2016.
- "Accessibility fun for all". Israel 21 C. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Access Israel wins Social Entrepreneurship Award". Access Israel. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Rick Hansen concludes Middle Eastern tour by meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres". News Wire.
- "2017 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards Announced". Global Accessibility News.
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