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