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Contents: Overview of the application process. There are no standardised rules governing the process for approving disadvantage compensation. The procedure is determined individually by each higher education institution. You should therefore find out about the...

Contents: Your responsibilities as a party to the proceedings. Due to this complexity, you as a teacher are not responsible for applying for, authorising or allocating disadvantage compensation! Typical tasks that fall to you as an actor in this process are th...

Contents: Measures for courses and study requirements. When designing courses and study requirements / credits, the teaching staff must take possible disadvantage compensation into account. This can include measures such as Individual deadlines Replacement of ...

Gattermann-Kaspar, Dr. M. (2018). Wie kann das Thema „Nachteilsausgleich“ an Universitäten und Hochschulen verankert werden? In Deutsches Studierendenwerk (DSW) (Hrsg.), Nachteilsausgleich für Studierende mit Beeinträchtigungen (S. 45–46). Informations- und Be...

Contents: Stakeholders, typical roles of stakeholders. The content has been taken from Gattermann-Kaspar (2018) and adapted. Counsellor for Students with impairment, chronich or mental illness (e.g. Central Student Advisory Service, as an independent counselli...

Contents: General information. With its 146 articles, the Basic Law sets out the fundamental decisions regarding the state system and values of the Federal Republic of Germany and is thus its constitution. Adopted by the Parliamentary Council on 8 May 1949, th...

Contents: General information, Accessibility in Information Technology Ordinance. The Disability Equality Act (BGG) is intended to ensure equality for people with disabilities in the field of public law at federal level and, at the same time, implements the pr...

Contents: General information. With its 33 sections, the General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG) offers protection to everyone in Germany against discrimination on the grounds of age, gender, sexual identity, religious affiliation, racism, anti-Semitism, chronic ...

Contents: General information. The content is taken from the project ‘SHUFFLE – Hochschulinitiative digitale Barrierefreiheit für Alle' and has been adapted. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) is an international treaty on t...

Contents: General information, National Action Plan of the Federal Government. First brought into force in 1976, the Higher Education Framework Act (HRG) establishes a nationwide minimum standard for the organisation, functions and structures of higher educati...

Contents: General information. The WCAG is an international standard for the accessible design of all information on a website or web application, including text, images, forms, audio and video. Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the WCAG are ba...

General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG) Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes. (Ed.). (2024). Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) (18). MKL Druck GmbH & Co. KG. Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für die Belange von Menschen mit Behinderungen. (2025). Allg...

Contents: Informative text on ‘masking’, the comic. ‘Masking’ refers to a strategy used both consciously and unconsciously to fit into society. Primarily used by autistic people, those with ADHD and other neurodivergent groups, ‘masking’ serves to avoid stigma...

Miller, D., Rees, J., & Pearson, A. (2021). “Masking is Life”: Experiences of Masking in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults. Autism in adulthood 3(4), 330-338. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2020.0083

Contents: Introduction of the student personas. Alexandr – Studying whilst on the autism spectrum Aleksandr (he/him) is a keen sportsman, aged 23, and is studying neuroscience. As well as following an extensive exercise regime, he enjoys playing strategic boar...

SHUFFLE – Hochschulinitiative digitale Barrierefreiheit für Alle. (2025). Eine Hochschule für alle. BlindDate. Retrieved on 20 January 2026, from https://barrierefreies-blinddate.de/

Contents: Everyday student life, challenges, needs, strategies, call to action. The transcript was compiled from interview recordings. To improve clarity, the text has been edited and refined. It was then reviewed and approved by the students involved. What do...

Contents: Everyday student life, organising your studies, needs, strategies, call to action. The transcript was compiled from interview recordings. The text has been edited and refined for clarity. It was then reviewed and approved by the students involved. To...