A study-relevant impairment is a (temporary) limitation, disability or illness that has a direct impact on your studies.

In the consultation, we want to comprehensively assess your situation and the challenges you are facing due to your impairment. We also want to clarify possible questions and offer further information about studying as a BeAble program participant.

This conversation and the joint assessment of your situation allows us to find the accommodations and services that best suit your needs for accessibility .

Since each student with an impairment faces different challenges and the situation is therefore different in each case, there is no fixed time frame to discuss all necessities.

By experience, an initial consultation last between 30 and 45 minutes.

We are happy to meet you in person. A consultation can, however, also take place via MS Teams.

The specialist/clinical psychological certificate should generally contain the following information:

• Confirmation that a study-relevant impairment exists,

• Recommendation of the accommodations and services to be provided, including the recommended extent,

• Expected duration of the study-relevant impairment.

Please note: The more detailed the specialist medical/clinical psychological evidence is, the better we can adapt the recommendation of the BeAble program to it.

Also note: The certificate should not include a diagnosis.

The specialist/clinical psychological certificate must be issued by either a specialist or a clinical psychologist.

Yes, you can generally use it as long as it meets the following requirements:

• generally not older than six months

• written in German or English

• basically contains the following contents:
  - Confirmation that a study-relevant impairment exists,
  - recommendation of the accommodations or services to be provided, including the recommended extent,
  - expected duration of the study-relevant impairment.

If you are unsure whether you can use the existing certificate, please check with us at beable@wu.ac.at.

Please send the certificate to beable@wu.ac.at.

The certificate should be written in German or English.

You can have your certificate translated into German or English, or you can have a new certificate issued in German or English.

As soon as we have conducted a consultation and received your medical/clinical psychological certificate, we start checking the documents and take care of issuing your recommendation. This will be sent to you by email after completion.

This process can take about 5-10 working days.

We will send your recommendation to your WU student email account.

No, your participation in the BeAble program does not affect your grades and will not be noted on any documents.

No, your participation in the BeAble program is not recorded in any central location, nor is it automatically communicated to lecturers.

However, if you take an exam during exam week with the help of the BeAble team, the exam coordinators will be informed that you will take the exam with changed exam modalities.

They will only be informed which changed exam modalities apply to you, but of course the lecturers will not be informed about your type of impairment.

No, teachers do not receive any information about your impairment. The BeAble team treats your data with confidentiality.

If it seems absolutely necessary to inform lecturers about your impairment, we will only do so after consulting with you and with your explicit consent.