Counselling and services offered by the BBST
Counselling offering
Our counselling offering covers all issues that may arise as a result of a disability or chronic illness and includes e.g. the following:
- Applying for a Euro key
- Applying for compensation for disadvantages for exams
- Work assistance services under the German Social Code Book IX (Sozialgesetzbuch – SGB)
- Health insurance services under the German Social Code Book V
- Modification of course and exam modalities
- Options for financing disability-related additional costs
- Options for compensation for disadvantages with regard to the duration of the period for which you receive financial support under the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG)
- Care support and personal assistance in day-to-day life
- Statements on applications (e.g. for assistive technologies or assistance)
- Completion of studies and looking for a job
- Assistance with studies
- Applying for a study place (e.g. hardship case applications)
- Assistance with filling out applications and forms
- Support in the search for accessible accommodation
- Mediation between lecturers and students
- and much more
Supplementary services
- BlindSquare navigation for the blind and partially sighted
- Information on the accessibility of university buildings, lecture theatres and facilities
- Use of our quiet rooms 23.02.U1.44 and 24.21.00.22
- Open meet-up sessions for students with AD(H)D
- Open meet-up sessions for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
- Computer workstations for the blind (in the University and State Library)
- Assistive technologies to try out and for exam situations (incl. laptops with voice recognition software, Braille terminal, microport systems)
- Temporary accompaniment service on campus