Yuval Wagner

Yuval Wagner is an Israeli Air Force combat pilot who was injured in a helicopter crash in 1987. It left him paralysed and he was reliant on a wheelchair. He realised the lack of accessibility in Israel for people with disabilities, and started Access Israel, a non-profit organization, in 1999. It works for accessibility to people with disabilities.

Achievements

Wagner won the Globes' Social Entrepreneurial Award in 2006, and a Rick Hansen Foundation Difference Maker Award in 2011. He also received the Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards given to leaders in disability sector.