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How do you make content on the web accessible for everyone? This workshop will give you a compact introduction to digital accessibility. You will learn what is important for accessible websites - from easy-to-read texts and alternative texts to a comprehensible structure. We will show you what you can implement directly in your day-to-day editorial work - with lots of practical examples, simple tips and room for questions.

Goal: Recognize and avoid barriers - and create content that really reaches everyone.

People with disabilities have rights: to compensation for disadvantages during their studies, to benefits for participation and rehabilitation and to accessibility. But having rights is not enough: Sometimes advice and representation are needed. Prof. Dr. Felix Welti (Representative for Studies and Disability) provides information and is available to answer questions.

How does it feel to experience the campus without sight? At the change of perspective workshop with Wiebke Kling - rehabilitation teacher for blind and visually impaired people, orientation and mobility and practical life skills - you will find out how blind people move around safely with a long cane: by touching, hearing and feeling. Dare to discover the campus with different senses!

Plain language is a simplified form of expression that was developed by and for people with learning difficulties - but many more benefit from it.

In this workshop, you will learn why plain language is so important, get to know its most important rules and practise formulating texts clearly and comprehensibly using practical examples. An experienced reviewer of plain language will give you direct feedback and show you how plain language has multiple inclusive effects.

The aim of modern university teaching is to take into account the diversity of students. This is linked to the goal of designing inclusive, diversity-sensitive teaching and learning settings and breaking down barriers. However, what exactly this means often remains abstract. The impulse event therefore explores the question of what specific measures lecturers can take to do justice to student diversity. It is important to consider the needs of students as well as the resources and areas of responsibility of teachers. In a short input, approaches for inclusive university teaching will first be presented and then expanded and discussed through the perspectives of the participants.

Creatively combating loneliness. Almost half of young people regularly feel lonely. In the writing workshop, you will find space to put your feelings into words - calmly, openly, honestly. Write along - and discover what words can achieve.

If you are interested in communicating with deaf and deaf people and would like to learn more about the culture of the deaf community, this workshop is for you. Here you have the opportunity to learn your first signs, break down barriers and discover a new approach to language and expression.

It is not easy for all students to spend time abroad during their studies. Erasmus+ offers targeted funding measures and support services to make international experiences possible for more people. Find out what opportunities and possibilities the program offers.

The project deals with the question of how product design can promote inclusion through the design of objects - using the example of seating furniture that responds to different needs. A raised seat height, grab handles and footrests offer safety and comfort and encourage people to think about standards, diversity and sitting together at eye level.

In our interactive exhibition, you can experience for yourself what studying with a disability can look like - e.g. with visual or hearing simulations, accessible games, documents in Braille and much more. There are digital and analog aids as well as assistance software to discover that reduce barriers in everyday life. A special highlight is a braille display that makes animated images tangible.

German Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired in Study and Work e.V.; Speaker: Elias Knell

The Deutscher Verein der Blinden und Sehbehinderten in Studium und Beruf e.V. (DVBS) is a self-help organization for blind and visually impaired people who want to live self-determined lives and achieve professional success despite their disability. The DVBS is active nationwide.

Landesverband Legasthenie und Dyskalkulie Hessen e.V.

The LVL Hessen e.V. brings together affected people, parents and experts with the aim of supporting people with partial performance disorders. The main focus is on difficulties in writing, reading and arithmetic. We see ourselves as companions and trailblazers for individual educational opportunities.

Project "Aktiv Teilhabe gestalten" - Association for the Promotion of Autonomy of the Disabled e.V.

Experience what visual impairments feel like: With simulation glasses and blindfolds, you can paint, count change or play a sound memory game. There will also be information about the fab and its departments. Speaker: Mandy Müller