External Support Services
Wiesbaden
In Wiesbaden, the Gemeinnützige Zuhause Mobil GmbH, for example, arranges assistance services for academic and everyday life. During the application process, the agency service also advises on cost coverage, coordination, and invoicing of the assistance services:
Gemeinnützige Zuhause Mobil GmbH (in German only)
Rüsselsheim
The long-term care support center in the district of Groß-Gerau provides advice on assistance and care services:
Pflegestützpunkt Kreis Groß-Gerau (in German only)
The local authorities in Groß-Gerau provide advice on your Personal Budget:
Beratungsstelle der Kreisverwaltung (in German only)
Rhein Assistenz in Mainz also provides assistants to Rüsselsheim for a range of requirements:
Rhein Assistenz (in German only)
… students who are deaf or hearing impaired
For translation into German Sign Language (Deutsche Gebärdensprache) during lectures, in oral examinations or during consultations, trained sign language interpreters are available to help:
Sign language interpreter agency service in the Rhine-Main area (in German only)
Speech-to-text interpreters are another option for translating spoken words into text that enables people with a hearing impairment to participate more fully. A number of organizations throughout Germany provide assistance with finding interpreters:
Compilation of support organizations of the German Economic Institute in Cologne (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V) (in German only)
… visually impaired and blind students
There are a range of counseling and support services available for blind and visually impaired students:
Mobility training after moving to the university location (in German only)
SekKon online catalog for the blind and visually impaired
Advice on assistive technologies and training services for the blind and visually impaired (in German only)
… students with mental health problems
The association irrsinnig menschlich e.V. provides tips on how to deal with mental crises during your studies:
Programm: association irrsinnig menschlich e.V.
The Mental Health Action Alliance ("Aktionsbündnis Seelische Gesundheit") provides initial information and educational resources about mental illness, as well as where to find support services:
Dein Kopf voller Fragen (in German only)
Werkgemeinschaft Wiesbaden offers counseling for affected persons and their relatives, crisis support as well as various groups:
Psychosoziale Kontakt- und Beratungsstelle Mitte (in German only)
Stiftung Lebensraum in the Rheingau-Taunus district also offers support and assistance in crisis situations:
Psychosoziale Kontakt- und Beratungsstelle (in German only)
Stiftung für Seelische Gesundheit in Rüsselsheim offers counseling and support services:
Stiftung für Seelische Gesundheit (in German only)
Supplementary Independent Participation Counseling (Ergänzende Unabhängige Teilhabeberatung - EUTB)
The Ergänzende Unabhängige Teilhabeberatung (EUTB) counseling centers offer advice given by people who are themselves affected by an impairment on all issues relating to living with an impairment, applying for rehabilitation measures, the Personal Budget, assistive technologies, and much more.
In Wiesbaden and the surrounding area, as well as in Rüsselsheim, the following organizations offer participation counseling:
IFB Stiftung (in German only)
EUTB Rüsselsheim (in German only)