946 Social Policy toward People with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities Oren Yurkekvich and Arie Rimmerman Abstract This chapter discusses Israeli social policy toward individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD) in parallel with selected western countries. The first section provides a comprehensive historical review of the development of social policy toward individuals with IDD over a period of 80 years. Particular attention is given to the recent impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), on the deinstitutionalization policy and the establishment of the Disabilities Administration in the Ministry of Labor and Welfare (2017). The second section discusses employment and community-based residential policies in comparison to selected western countries (in Europe and the United States). In the conclusion, this chapter analyzes whether Israel has been successful in expanding progressive employment programs and the promotion of deinstitutionalization policies and what are the core challenges of the future? Chapter on page 325
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