Important:
Please note:
The Zoom consultation sessions on Monday 31 August 2026 and 7 September 2026 have been cancelled!
Studying with a disability
Are you studying at the University of Wuppertal and experiencing difficulties with your studies due to a health condition?
Health conditions that may affect your studies include:
- Mobility and movement impairments
- Visual impairments
- Hearing impairments
- Speech impairments (e.g. stammering)
- Mental health conditions (e.g. depression, PTSD)
- Chronic physical conditions (e.g. diabetes, multiple sclerosis, bowel disorders)
- Specific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia, dyscalculia)
- AD(H)D
- Autism/neurodiversity
- other long-term conditions or serious illnesses (e.g. cancer)
- etc.
Depending on your field of study, stage of your degree and individual circumstances, a wide range of questions, personal needs or even obstacles may arise in the course of your studies in connection with these difficulties!
We provide advice and support to:
- Students
- Prospective students
- Lecturers and other members of the university community who
wish to enable students with disabilities to participate fully in their studies - Parents/teachers
Possible topics for individual counselling include:
- Compensation for disadvantage
- Application for special consideration
- Special considerations regarding university place allocation
- Accessibility
- Provision of assistive technology
- Study support
- Mediation between students and the Examinations Office/lecturers
Information video from the Deutsches Studentenwerk: Studying with a disability – do I fit in?
Key areas
central student guidance and counselling services
Possible topics covered by the central student guidance and counselling services include:
- Anxiety, learning and concentration difficulties whilst studying
- personal and/or study-related crises or stressful situations
- Issues arising from a particular medical condition and its impact on studies
- Support and guidance when returning to your studies following illness
- Contact with other students
