Kesher Connecting Special Families

kesher is a national organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for families of individuals with special needs. to that end, kesher’s operations include providing up-to-date content, research, and information, as well as assistance in actualizing legal rights; training courses and workshops for all of family members. and working with professionals to act as partners to parents caring for special needs children. kesher has branches in jerusalem, tel aviv, haifa, and beer-sheva, ensuring that its services are tailored to the specific geographic needs. in addition, kesher has three branches operating on behalf of the needs of the arab population. kesher represents over 1,500,000 family members and the 330,000 children with special-needs like autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, and genetic diseases and disorders. special-needs children are often unable to talk, sit or walk, hear, see or reach normative milestones. they require intensive regular therapies such as speech the