More than 70 years ago, a couple of Jerusalem doctors, Dr. Malka (Mali) and Dr. Avraham Spighel, immigrant Zionists from Germany, initiated the establishment of the “Akim Association”. Akim was founded together with a handful of friends from Jerusalem, most of whom, like the Spighel couple, were parents of children with special needs.
To this day, the association provides children and adults with developmental disabilities with a comprehensive and diverse package of services that suits the needs of each and every one of them.