JDAM Resources

Movement Websites:

Sites are updated during Jewish Disability Awareness Month. Many replicable resources and ideas.

The Jewish Federation of North America Check out this website (or our Community page) for events and resources around the country.
Religious Action Center website Watch this site for blog postings and information on Jewish Disability Awareness Month on Capitol Hill!
Jsped This is the website for the Jewish Special Education International Consortium where you can access member resources to assist in programming ideas and best practices in Jewish Special Education.

Check out Shelly Christensen’s blog about a call to action for Jewish Disability Awareness Month in Washington D.C.
Shelly gives a D’var Torah for Adath Jeshurun Synagogue on Parshah Terumah in this YouTube video
One Person at a Time is a blog that Shelly wrote for Matan, talking about raising a son with special needs.
Reality Check on Inclusion of People with Disabilities was a blog Shelly wrote for TCJewfolk about the work Jewish communities still have to do for inclusion of people with disabilities
JDAM Retrospective: Jewish Disability Awareness Month Calls Us to Action is an article Shelly wrote for Zeh Lezeh

Examiner.com picked up this story on Jewish Disability Awareness Month
Torah at the Center Winter 2011 featured an article by Shelly on the inclusion of people with disabilities. Check out page 4.
Gateways featured this fabulous article about Jewish Disability Awareness Month propelling inclusion forward
National Council of Jewish Women renewed their support for the goal of Jewish Disability Awareness Month in this press release
JTA featured this Op-Ed concerning JDAM Day on Capitol Hill and the effect Medicaid has on families who have loved ones with a disability
The New York Times ran this article about a service dogs and the effect a service dog had on one Jewish family whose son was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Rabbi Meredith Cahn wrote this blog focusing on JDAM and the work that the Jewish community has to do to become more inclusive
Finding Their Place from JewishJournal.com is about twentysomethings with special needs mainstreaming themselves into independence
Israeli chefs’ visit to disabled trainees helps both parties was an article run by Washington Jewish Week
Fight the Barriers, Not the Disability is another article run by Washington Jewish Week
Jewish Disability Awareness Month and Parshat Mishpatim was a blog on Matan.com
Jewish Federations Advocate for Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families was a leadership briefing from Jewish Federations of North America