There are about 5 million disabled kids in the world that do not have access to a wheelchair. When two Israelis founded Wheelchairs of Hope, they had these children in mind. The organization is hoping to produce one million kid-friendly wheelchairs and ship them worldwide.

Accelerators usually focus on startups they believe will strike it big, fast. But PresenTense has decided to apply its expertise in the field to launch an accelerator that will groom startups that address the needs of people with disabilities.

What started out as a comic strip produced by an organization that helps disabled Israeli youths is about to become a cartoon show on Nickelodeon. The show's characters are all superheroes who also have certain disabilities. The project is intended to promote integration of the disabled community in Israel.

Few could imagine what is going on inside the small warehouse overlooking Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. Scattered throughout the space, hundreds of limbs are piled onto each other: arms, legs, some painted the color of human flesh, others colored deep hues. It is here that patients come from all over the world to be fitted with prosthetic limbs.

An Israeli psychologist, Gil Winch, has founded a call-center staffed mostly with disabled Israeli and Arab adults. Winch says the business-model has attracted interest from people all around the world.

Nalaga'at center, an unusual warehouse in Israel's old Jaffa Port, is the only place in the world where you can drink coffee served by deaf and blind waiters while waiting to see a show performed by the first deaf-blind acting ensemble in the world.

An Israeli organization for disabled people wishing to do extreme sports recently started a running group where its blind members are tied to their seeing buddies.