Who are our services intended for?
Students with lower limb disability
A student who, due to his/her mobility impairment, necessarily needs and uses other personal aids for his/her independent movement, i.e. crutches, mechanical or electric wheelchairs, etc.
Students with upper limp disability
A student who is able to perform activities with his/her upper limbs only to a limited extent or with the use of special aids or modified procedures that are commonly associated with studies, such as taking notes by hand or on a keyboard, handling of objects and devices which are necessary for the fulfilment of academic requirements (printed books, stationery, instrumentation, etc.), or handling of objects of everyday use.
What services do we offer?
- Recommendations for special arrangements in classes
- Provision of wheelchair access to classrooms
- Personal assistance (accompaniment to classes and other study-related activities)
- Recording service
- Study-related guidance
- Training of spatial orientation skills and independent mobility skills in the TBU premises
- Digitization of texts
- Training of study and work strategies
- Free proofreading of the academic qualification thesis
- Assistance with the arrangement of barrier-free accommodation in the TBU Residence Halls
- Assistance with Erasmus+ mobility periods
- Mentoring
Looking for a quiet place to study? Use our special computer room!
The computer room is designed as a quiet zone where you can work on your assignments, prepare your seminar papers, study or relax. In addition, you will find there special equipment that will make your work easier:
- Two computers equipped with special software and hardware; each computer is connected to a desktop scanner, which allows faster and easier scanning and conversion of learning materials and other documents.
- ClearView desktop magnifier with voice output
- Camera with text reading and recognition software
- ZoomText magnifier/reader
- JAWS Screen Reader
- OCR program ABBYY FineReader for converting of paper documents to text
The computer room is located on the 3rd floor of the TBU Library.
Students with special needs can use the computer room free of charge. The only thing they have to do is book a date and time convenient to them.