Shira Yalon-Chamovitz
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Born |
Jerusalem, Israel | November 8, 1962
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]
Shira Yalon-Chamovitz is married to Daniel Chamovitz, an American-born plant geneticist and the seventh president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva.
Most of Yalon-Chamovitz's research has concerned adults with cognitive disabilities. [8] During her doctoral research, she developed a video test of practical intelligence [9] which was included in the DSM-5 for the diagnosis of intellectual disability. [10] Subsequent research looked into the application of virtual reality for individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities, [11] and the use of co-teaching models in service learning in occupational therapy education. [12] [13]
Yalon-Chamovitz published a theoretical model of practice for cognitive accessibility. [14] This model has become the basis for subsequent models and implementation. [15] [16]
Based on this model, Yalon-Chamovitz developed the "Simultaneous Simplification" technique, [17] [18] which was first implemented globally during the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation provided cognitive accessibility to the broadcast of the Eurovision through a digital video live stream, which involved translating what was said in real time in English into plain language Hebrew. [19]
Yalon-Chamovitz was a member of the committee that wrote the 2015 Israeli accessibility regulations which legally mandated the use of simple language and/or language simplification (Hebrew = פישוט לשוני). [20]
Shira Yalon-Chamovitz
[2] | |
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Born |
Jerusalem, Israel | November 8, 1962
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]
Shira Yalon-Chamovitz is married to Daniel Chamovitz, an American-born plant geneticist and the seventh president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva.
Most of Yalon-Chamovitz's research has concerned adults with cognitive disabilities. [8] During her doctoral research, she developed a video test of practical intelligence [9] which was included in the DSM-5 for the diagnosis of intellectual disability. [10] Subsequent research looked into the application of virtual reality for individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities, [11] and the use of co-teaching models in service learning in occupational therapy education. [12] [13]
Yalon-Chamovitz published a theoretical model of practice for cognitive accessibility. [14] This model has become the basis for subsequent models and implementation. [15] [16]
Based on this model, Yalon-Chamovitz developed the "Simultaneous Simplification" technique, [17] [18] which was first implemented globally during the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation provided cognitive accessibility to the broadcast of the Eurovision through a digital video live stream, which involved translating what was said in real time in English into plain language Hebrew. [19]
Yalon-Chamovitz was a member of the committee that wrote the 2015 Israeli accessibility regulations which legally mandated the use of simple language and/or language simplification (Hebrew = פישוט לשוני). [20]