Student (A):

blind  – with complete loss of visual perception, a student capable of perceiving maximum light with their eyes,  unable to locate its source;

practically blind – retains residual vision, perceives light, outlines, and shapes of objects, but cannot use vision, with or without correction, as the dominant sensory organ for learning;

visually impaired – despite the best possible correction, has problems performing visual tasks;

with binocular vision disorder – a disorder of functional balance and physiological cooperation between the right and left eye, causing problems with spatial perception.

Student (B):

with moderate hearing impairment - ability to hear words spoken loudly from 1 meter away;

with severe hearing impairment - ability to hear some words shouted into the better ear;

with profound hearing impairment - inability to hear and understand;

with limiting hearing impairment

Student (C):

with physical disabilities - defects of the motor, skeletal and nervous systems that cause impaired mobility of the upper and lower extremities. This also includes all deviations from the normal shape of the body and extremities - deformities, abnormalities, anomalies.

Student(D):

with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders – autism spectrum disorder without mental retardation (e.g., Asperger syndrome), which affects their ability to fulfill their study obligations in a standard manner;

with learning disabilities – a group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in reading, writing, arithmetic, listening, and communication (dyslexia, dysorthography, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, etc.).

Student (E):

health-impaired - in a state of recovery or with reduced resistance to disease, a tendency to relapse, whose health is at risk due to an inappropriate lifestyle;

with mental illness, difficulties – with mental difficulties or illness, where the current mental state or long-term mental health disorder affects the ability to fulfill study obligations in a standard manner (problems with organizing studies and managing study obligations);

with a chronic illness – a progressive illness that may require frequent or long-term and irregular sick leave or negatively affect the ability to study under normal conditions (cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, post-organ or tissue transplantation, cardiovascular disease, neurological disease, metabolic disorders, and others).

Documents:

Rector's Directive  no: 17/2022 Support of students with specific needs (available only in Slovak language)