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]

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]

gollark: Well, to some extent, but they *should not be in my OS.*
gollark: If I ever have to use Windows I'll just run Windows 9.
gollark: It's undocumented if you have to rely on a random third party source. Especially when half of them disagree with each other.
gollark: I don't want to delve into cryptic undocumented realms of configuration to apply tweaks which will randomly break later.
gollark: On Arch the only "set dates" are stuff like "you need to update pacman within a year or so before we break backward compatibility".

References
  1. "'Israel can be the world leader in digital accessibility'". Jerusalem Post Israel News-. 22 Oct 2016.
  2. "Accessibility fun for all". Israel 21 C. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. "Access Israel wins Social Entrepreneurship Award". Access Israel. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. "Rick Hansen concludes Middle Eastern tour by meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres". News Wire.
  5. "2017 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards Announced". Global Accessibility News.


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