Studying with a disability
You need a certificate
To apply for learning support, you will need a certificate or documentation proving your disability. The certificate must be issued by a licensed healthcare professional such as a doctor, psychologist, audiologist or certified dyslexia examiner.
If you do not have documentation of your disability, you can contact 1177 for more information on who to contact.
The certificate must contain:
- your name and social security number (person number)
- the name and place of employment of the certifier
- the date of the assessment or medical care
- how long you have had the impairment or medical care
- how long the impairment is expected to last
- how the impairment affects you
What happens after I submit my application?
When your application is received, it will be reviewed by a coordinator at the Department for Learning Support. If everything is correct, you will be granted a NAIS certificate with decisions and recommendations for support.
When you receive your NAIS certificate, you will also receive an email from one of our coordinators. The email contains a link to our booking calendar. If you have questions, want to talk about your learning support or if you need other support, you should make an appointment with a Learning Support Coordinator. You choose whether you want to have the meeting on campus, over the phone or via video. If you have shorter questions about your support, you can also write to pedstod@mau.se.
The email also contains an attachment with important information on how to access support. Read this information carefully and follow the instructions in it. Save the attachment so that you can access it later.
Note-taking support
First, ask a fellow student if they want to be your note-taker. Otherwise, you can look in Canvas for the note-taking module. In the module, students who want to be a note-taker sign up and you can then contact one of them. If you cannot find the module, you can ask the course coordinator to download it.
You must attend the lectures yourself to receive the notes from your note-taker. If you have any questions, please contact Petter Rasmusson, petter.rasmusson@mau.se. When you have found a note-taker, ask them to register as a note-taker in the form below.
Mentoring
In some cases, you may be granted mentoring support for a limited time, for example to help you plan and structure your studies.
Assistive programmes, talking books and speech synthesis
Studies can be made easier by having text read out by speech synthesis programmes. There are also spelling programmes in both Swedish and English. All students can download these support programmes to their computer free of charge.
Students with reading disabilities can contact the University Library to get access to talking books.
Support during sit-in exams
Coordinators can recommend learning support in connection with sit-in exams. Examples of support include sitting in a smaller group, using a computer with assistive programmes or extended writing time. However, it is always the examiner who decides whether the recommendations are feasible. It is your responsibility to register your need for support every time you take an exam.
Technical aids
Learning Support Services lends dictaphones, reading pens and Smart Pens if available.
International opportunities
Students with disabilities have the right to have the same access to international opportunities as other students. You can get help from the International Office to write your application. At the partner university, students can receive equivalent learning support and in some exchange programmes it is possible to apply for additional scholarship funds.
If you want more information or have questions about learning support and international opportunities, please contact pedstod@mau.se or the International Office.
Comments or complaints
Any comments or complaints about the learning support service can be submitted to Malin Alfredsson.
