Advice and guidance for students with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and/or mental impairment
On this page you can find information about studying with a disability, chronic illness or mental impairment.
News
Application for exemption from the Semesterticket fee
Please send a Request of Exemption from mandatory Semesterticket Fees in the first three weeks of the semester.
If you want to apply for a grant to the semester ticket according to the Social Funds Statutes after §18a BerlHG please use this formular.
Online workshops for accessibility on the internet
Domingos de Oliveira is organizing various online trainings related to accessibility on the internet. View all workshops.
New report on equal treatment in employment
There is a new report on equal treatment in employment presented in the EMPL Committee of the European Parliament.
Personal advice and support
If questions, problems or doubts arise before you start your studyprogramme or during your studies, we will gladly provide support and advice by telephone, by E-Mail or through a personal meeting. Please arrange an appointment with our barrier-free university representative.
Advice and support services:
- Confidential advice for prospective students and current students of ASH Berlin
- Advice for university applicants, for example in hardship cases
- Support with individual student needs (modified examination and study conditions)
- Commitment to asserting and protecting the interests of ASH Berlin students with a disability
- Involvement in planning and implementing building measures and acquiring technical aids
Other support services
The contact persons for each work group will support you throughout your studies at ASH Berlin – from enrolment to organising your studies through to your final examinations and after graduation. They will provide you with guidance, support, information and advice.
The barrier-free studies team at studierendenWERK BERLIN advises prospective students and current students with a disability or chronic illness.
Services include advice on aspects such as:
- Organising and financing support (care and mobility)
- Individual situation in daily studies
- Allocation of integration help (study assistance, technical aids, book money, interpreters for sign language and written text)
- Dealing with disabilities in studies
- Transition from studying to working life
- And many other topics
Contact person for students of ASH Berlin:
Ms. Domrös
Phone: 030 93939-8442
Email: bbs.fmp@stw.berlin
Office hours: Thursday 10 am - 1 pm and by appointment
Special admission to study
Applicants with a disability, chronic illness or mental impairment can apply for special admission to study (hardship application, reduced waiting time, improvement of average grade) if they fulfil certain criteria. This special admission will enable you to study without other selection criteria being taken into account (average grade, waiting semester, points system). For detailed requirements and information on applications, please ask the Enrolment Office of ASH Berlin or the barrier-free university representative.
Useful links
anti-discrimination
- Help and information about discrimination/anti-discrimination-structure at ASH: https://www.ash-berlin.eu/en/study/guidance-and-support/dealing-with-discrimination/
mobility
- information about driving a car
- interactive map of accessibility: https://wheelmap.org/search
- information about broken lifts in Berlin: brokenlifts.org
online accessibility
- Domingos de Oliveira provides a guideline (german link/english link) for online events
- Oliveira is an Accessibility Consultant and offers Workshops.
other universities
representation of interests
- www.berliner-behindertenzeitung.de
- Deutscher Gehörlosen-Bund e.V.
- Deutscher Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband e.V.
- networking for academics with disability: https://ixnet-projekt.de/
sports
- Inclusive sports courses at FU Berlin: FU Berlin offers a range of inclusive sports courses open to everyone
- online workouts for people with visual impairment: a collection of links
studying
- www.barrierefrei-studieren.de: Online portal with funding possibilities and a broad range of information
- Counselling Centre for Barrier-free Studies
Contact person for students with special needs
Paula Steininger
Beauftragte für Belange von Studierenden mit Behinderungen, chron. Krankheiten und psych. Beeinträchtigungen
Room No. 326
Sprechzeiten Dienstag 13:00 bis 14:30 Uhr
Gerne können Sie auch Beratungstermine außerhalb der Sprechzeit vereinbaren. Schreiben Sie mir bitte eine Mail mit Ihrem Beratungswunsch und Ihren Erreichbarkeiten. Eine Beratung ist persönlich, telefonisch oder online möglich.
