Legal regulations for individuals with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses

7. National Action Plan of the Federal Government (2016)

• The Federal Government is sponsoring a new nationwide survey of disabled and chronically ill students at German universities.
• Continuation of funding and increase in funding for the Information and Counselling Centre for Studies and Disability (IBS) at Deutsches Studentenwerk (DSW).
• The maximum time limits for researchers with a disability or a serious chronic illness have been extended as a result of the amendment to the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act.