{"id":4388,"date":"2021-07-22T11:57:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T08:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alin-beitnoam.org.il\/the-houses\/neighborhood-of-unlimited-possibilities\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T12:11:02","slug":"elgas-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"the-houses","link":"https:\/\/alin-beitnoam.org.il\/en\/the-houses\/elgas-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Elga’s Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Unlimited Possibilities | Kiryat Elga<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Elga Community Neighborhood is a groundbreaking project in the Sharon region. The neighborhood will include a residential area, an area with various employment opportunities, and education, sports and leisure facilities serving individuals with and without disabilities. Alin Beit Noam is establishing the neighborhood on a 435,000 square feet plot of land allocated to the project by the Israel Land Authority for nominal leasing fees.<\/p>

In establishing this new community model, Alin Beit Noam aims to change the prevalent attitude towards individuals with disabilities. Instead of seeking to \u201crepair\u201d the disabled individual (the \u201cmedical model” of disability), they wish to promote aiming to \u201crepair\u201d society (the \u201csocial model\u201d of disability). This major transition will translate itself into action through the elimination of the obstacles which society places in the way of people with impairments.<\/p>

The construction of the neighborhood will be based on the principle of universal and inclusive design. This approach not only provides solutions for people with special needs \u2013 it aims for \u201cuniversal solutions\u201d \u2013 solutions that are appropriate for the entire range of human abilities. As a result, all social, structural and environmental obstacles that routinely exclude and isolate people with impairments and impede their full participation in society will be eliminated from the neighborhood environs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The neighborhood will include a full range of architectural, design and technological solutions that allow people with disabilities to enjoy maximum independence and full participation in all areas of life and fully realize their potential.<\/p>

The neighborhood will provide a broad range of opportunities for dialogue-based interaction between individuals with and without disabilities on an egalitarian basis. The exchanges will be both spontaneous and planned. They will take place in a shared, safe environment where individuals with disabilities can enjoy an obstacle-free space that allows their abilities \u2013 rather than disabilities \u2013 to come to the fore.<\/p>

These encounters will enable those with and without disabilities to meet, understand and accept one another. These encounters will lead to changing attitudes and breaking down stereotypes \u2013 many of which simply stem from a lack of familiarity with the \u201cother.\u201d<\/p>

Traditionally, individuals with disabilities enter the \u201cterritory\u201d of those without disabilities, bringing accessibility issues to the fore and highlighting the hesitation of the \u201cmainstream” population in accepting those with disabilities as well as putting those with disabilities at a disadvantage. In sharp contrast, life in the Elga neighborhood will be based on the innovative approach of \u201creverse integration<\/b>,\u201d whereby those without disabilities integrate into the space of those with disabilities, creating a more respectful and egalitarian interaction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The project is being built in the spirit of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law (5758-1998) and based on the UN\u2019s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (December 2006), ratified by the government of Israel in September 2012.<\/p>

In 2017, a governmental decision was approved to establish a site for people with disabilities. As a result of that decision, an agreement was signed in 2018 regarding a collaborative project led by the Ministry for Social Equality, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs, as well as the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, the ministries of Finance, Health, Education, Construction and Housing, and Culture, Sports and Tourism.<\/p>

The main goal of the neighborhood is to bring together people with and without disabilities, based on the understanding that prejudices, stigmas, and stereotypes \u2013 driven by a lack of personal familiarity with individuals with disabilities resulting from their lack of presence in public spaces \u2013 are all significant reasons for the exclusion of individuals with disabilities. Therefore, the neighborhood will allow for those missing encounters and will lead to a change in the status and acceptance of individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Neighborhood of Unlimited Possibilities project is backed by foundations, private and public entities and individuals who support, help and act as partners on our journey \u2013 the Byron Family Foundation, Arison Foundation, Israel National Lottery, Bituach Leumi\u2019s Fund for Development of Services for People with Disabilities, Keren Shalem Foundation, The Wohl Foundation, Israeli Sports Betting Council, KKL-JNF, Shasha Foundation, Silver Foundation, Faivish Foundation, Ruth Roif Foundation, Charitable Trust in Memory of Menachem “Max” Rozen Ben-Yehuda and others.<\/span><\/p>

Elga is a \u201csocial start-up\u201d that will prove that the social dynamic can be different. The neighborhood will serve as a model for similar projects elsewhere around the country, leading to social change on a national level.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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