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Shira Yalon-Chamovitz
Shira Yalon-Chamovitz[2] | |
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| Born | November 8, 1962 Jerusalem, Israel |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut (1993-2000, PhD, Educational Psychology) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993, MSc, Occupational therapy) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1986, B.Sc., Occupational therapy,) |
| Known for | Cognitive accessibility Simultaneous simplification |
| Spouse | Daniel Chamovitz |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive accessibility Occupational therapy Universal Design in Learning |
| Institutions | Ono Academic College |
| Thesis | Everyday wisdom in people with mental retardation: Role of experience and practical intelligence[1] |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen Greenspan |
Shira Yalon-Chamovitz (born 8 November 1962) (Hebrew: שירה ילון-חיימוביץ) is an Israeli occupational therapist. She is the director of the Israel Institute on Cognitive Accessibility and dean of students at Ono Academic College.[3][4]
She has made significant contributions to the field of accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities, having coined the terms "cognitive ramps"[5] and "simultaneous simplification".[6][7]
- ^ "U Conn Doctoral Dissertations: Everyday wisdom in people with mental retardation: Role of experience and practical intelligence". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "published CV". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Israel Institute on Cognitive Accessibility website". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Shira Yalon-Chamovitz | PhD | Ono Academic College, Tel Aviv | ONO | Occupational Therapy". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
- ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Shach, Ruth; Avidan-Ziv, Ornit; Tenne Rinde, Michal (18 February 2016). "The call for cognitive ramps". Work. 53 (2): 455–456. doi:10.3233/WOR-152244. PMID 26836027.
- ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira. "Simultaneous Simplification: Stretching the Boundaries of UDL". YouTube. 2016 UDL-IRN Summit.
- ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Steinberg, pnina; Shach, Ruth; Avidan-Ziv, Ornit (2019). "Simultaneous Language Simplification from the Perspective of People with IDD: Overcoming Cognitive Accessibility Barriers and Token Participation". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3390380.
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