Student

To register, the student must submit one of the recognised documents. Once the student’s special needs are assessed and they are placed into the appropriate support category, the special accommodations to make studies more accessible for the student are determined. Then, the student and the ELSA Centre enter into an agreement outlining how support measures will be provided.

Recognised documents include:

Students with special needs registered with ELSA can request adjustments to study requirements in individual modules, as well as at the state final exams. To arrange this, the student must fill out and submit a Request for Study Accommodations to the staff member with whom they arranged the service agreement. This staff member prepares the official document and sends it to the faculty.

We recommend that students submit their adjustment request as early as possible at the start of the semester. While study accommodations can be arranged later during the semester or during the exam period, it is crucial that students contact their lecturers at least one week in advance to confirm the logistics of any adjustments.

On the day of the exam, the student must present the accommodations document — either electronically or in print — to the lecturer.

Categories by Type of Disability

Students with Visual Impairments

User of Sight (A1)
A student whose visual impairment still allows for work using vision (including the ability to work with text) and who can use standard document formats, including visual ones. Image adjustment involves magnification or other optical modifications; there is no need to use a screen reader.

Tactile Reader (A2)
A student who works either with tactile documents or screen readers (in combination with a tactile display or voice output), and therefore requires an editable text document format, or a document with adapted content and format.

Students with Hearing Impairments

Spoken Language User (B1)
A student with a hearing impairment who prefers spoken language (typically Czech) in spoken or written form for interpersonal communication.

User of Sign Language (B2)

A student with a hearing impairment who prefers sign language in interpersonal communication (i.e., most often Czech Sign Language).

Students with Physical Disabilities

Students with Lower Limb Disability (C1)

A student who, due to their physical disability, needs and uses personal mobility aids for independent movement, for example crutches or a manual or electric wheelchair.

Student with Upper Limb Disability (C2)

A student who is able to use their upper limbs only to a limited extent or with the help of special aids or modified procedures to carry out tasks commonly associated with studying, such as taking notes by hand or typing on a keyboard, handling objects and devices (e.g., physical books, writing instruments, technical equipment) necessary for fulfilling academic responsibilities or handling everyday objects.

Students with Specific Learning Difficulties (D)

A student for whom dyslexia, dysgraphia, dysorthographia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia or often co-occurring attention disorders objectively hinder the ability to meet standard academic requirements.

Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (E)

A student for whom a neurodevelopmental disorder on the autism spectrum, including Asperger’s Syndrome, objectively hinders the ability to meet standard academic requirements.

In addition to extended time during exams and assistance with spatial orientation, students with autism spectrum disorders are entitled to the following services:

Individual teaching
Study assistance
Personal assistance

Students with Other Difficulties (F)

A student whose ability to meet standard academic requirements is objectively hindered by another psychological disorder or difficulty, including other neurodevelopmental disorders, such as impaired language, speech or other communication abilities, or by a chronic somatic illness.

The category of “other difficulties” includes:

Attention deficit disorder

ADHD

ADD

Mental disorder/illness

Anxiety, depression

Migraines

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Panic attacks

Social phobia

Bipolar affective disorder

Schizophrenia

Anorexia nervosa, bulimia

Impaired communication abilities

Stuttering

Dysphasia

Dysarthria

Mutism

Chronic somatic illnesses

Crohn’s disease

Diabetes

Epilepsy

Cataplexy

Oncological diseases

Multiple sclerosis