Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine July 2021 | Page 12

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Yuval Wagner CEO of Access Israel

Early Life
I am from Ramat Hasharon , Israel . My Dad was a handicapped IDF veteran so I was exposed to the idea of accessibility from a young age . And back then , very little was accessible . I studied Business Admiistration with a marketing focus , at the Management University in Tel Aviv .
I first was injured in the army and then went to study . It was a very good experience . Of course , I needed some help with accessibility so I could study . I needed to make sure there were tables accessible for wheelchair users and I needed to have access to the elevator . But of course , once that was taken care of , everything worked out . I enjoyed studying a lot and I was the only with a disability .