Miha Kosi, Natasa Mauko The Slovenian Association of Disabled Students

In the past:  Lack of legislation  No institutional support  Many barriers in built environment  No technical support  Small number of students with special needs

Today:  Accepted legal basis for supporting student with special needs  Faculties provide various support and adjustments for disabled students  Buildings are more accessible  Different ICT support is available  Increasing number of students with different types of disabilities

 Beginnings with small steps  From student club to Association with legal status of disability organisation  Providing many services and support  Implementing leisure activities  Trying to improve employability of students with special needs

 Partially sighted student  She studied in University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, study programme History and Pedagogy  Adjustments: extended exam time, oral instead writing exams, extra exam dates

 Before the possibility of obtaining the status of students with special needs she had to arrange everything individual with each professor  Not enough empathy and understanding from some professors  Most of exams at the end of studying year

 Worked as volunteer in Association of blind in Ljubljana  Tutoring for pupils in primary school  Involved in programmes for adult education  Coordinator the project Equal opportunities for blind students  EVS volunteer in Belfast, Northern Ireland, RNBI Institute

 After graduation she worked in primary school for 10 months  Special work experience for unemployed people at association DLAN  REGULAR EMPLOYMENT: Union of blind and partially sighted of Slovenia

The Slovenian Association of Disabled Students Kardeljeva ploscad 5, Ljubljana