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Shira Yalon-Chamovitz

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]

Shira Yalon-Chamovitz[2]
Born (1962-11-08) November 8, 1962 (age 61)
Jerusalem, Israel
Alma materUniversity 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 forCognitive accessibility
Simultaneous simplification
SpouseDaniel Chamovitz
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive accessibility
Occupational therapy
Universal Design in Learning
InstitutionsOno Academic College
Thesis Everyday wisdom in people with mental retardation: Role of experience and practical intelligence[1]
Doctoral advisorStephen Greenspan

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]

Biography edit

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.

Academic career edit

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]

 
Simultaneous Simplification at the Eurovision Song Contest, 2019.

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]

References edit

  1. ^ "U Conn Doctoral Dissertations: Everyday wisdom in people with mental retardation: Role of experience and practical intelligence". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "published CV". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Israel Institute on Cognitive Accessibility website". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Shira Yalon-Chamovitz | PhD | Ono Academic College, Tel Aviv | ONO | Occupational Therapy". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira. "Simultaneous Simplification: Stretching the Boundaries of UDL". YouTube. 2016 UDL-IRN Summit.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Shira Yalon-Chamovitz - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.
  9. ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Greenspan, Stephen (May 2005). "Ability to identify, explain and solve problems in everyday tasks: preliminary validation of a direct video measure of practical intelligence". Research in Developmental Disabilities. 26 (3): 219–230. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2004.08.002. PMID 15668073.
  10. ^ Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association. 2013. ISBN 978-0-89042-554-1.
  11. ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Weiss, Patrice L. (Tamar) (May 2008). "Virtual reality as a leisure activity for young adults with physical and intellectual disabilities". Research in Developmental Disabilities. 29 (3): 273–287. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2007.05.004. PMID 17590313.
  12. ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Kraiem, Yoav; Gutman, Carolyn (12 April 2017). "Deconstructing hierarchies: Service users as co-teachers in occupational therapy education". Work. 56 (3): 381–386. doi:10.3233/WOR-172502. PMID 28269798.
  13. ^ Lahav, Orit; Daniely, Noa; Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira (2 June 2017). "Interpersonal social responsibility model of service learning: A longitudinal study". Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 25 (1): 61–69. doi:10.1080/11038128.2017.1335775. PMID 28573894. S2CID 45345439.
  14. ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira (October 2009). "Invisible Access Needs of People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Conceptual Model of Practice". Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 47 (5): 395–400. doi:10.1352/1934-9556-47.5.395. PMID 19842744.
  15. ^ Bracken, Seán; Novak, Katie (February 2019). Transforming higher education through universal design for learning : an international perspective. London: Routledge. p. 221. ISBN 9781351132077. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  16. ^ Bar-On, Amalia; Ravid, Dorit (April 2018). Handbook of communication disorders. De Gruyter. p. 845. ISBN 978-1-61451-490-9.
  17. ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira. "Simultaneous Simplification: Stretching the Boundaries of UDL". YouTube. 2016 UDL-IRN Summit.
  18. ^ Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Avidan-Ziv, Ornit. "Simultaneous Simplification Stretching the Boundaries of UDL | Learning Designed". www.learningdesigned.org. UDL-IRN. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  19. ^ Spiro, Amy (12 May 2019). "A Eurovision broadcast accessible to all". Retrieved 11 October 2019.. The Jerusalem Post.
  20. ^ Baron, Reuven; Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Noy, Nurit; Eilam, Gavriela; Eran, Orna. "Accessibility of the built environment: Communication (in Hebrew)" (PDF). The Standards Institution of Israel. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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