Kalman Samuels (born Kerry, September 7, 1951) is the founder of Shalva, the Israel Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities.

Shalva provides a range of therapies, inclusive educational frameworks, recreational activities, vocational training as well as respite and family support.

Kalman was raised in a non-observant Jewish home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where he attended Sir Winston Churchill High School.

In 1977, their second son, Yossi Samuels, at the time 11 months old, was injured[1] by a faulty DPT vaccination and was rendered blind, deaf and acutely hyperactive.

Today, Shalva offers a constellation of therapeutic interventions, family support, inclusive educational frameworks, social and recreational programs and vocational training to individuals with disabilities.