Charles University provides essential support for students and applicants with special needs via the CU Carolina Centre.  We provide support for people with visual impairments, hearing impairments, physical impairments, specific learning disorders, autism spectrum disorder, or other issues (e.g. psychological disorders, impaired communication, or chronic somatic disease). If you fall under any of the above categories, we can offer you a wide range of support services, which are listed in this brochure. 

The CU Carolina Centre provides the following services directly: 

• digitisation of study materials, 
• facilitation of study assistance, 
• loans of technical and adaptive aids, 
• reading room with free printing and copying of study materials, 
• facilitation of training of orientation skills and independent movement, 
• training seminars for students with special needs, 
• counselling and assistance in dealing with individual study matters. 

A study room is also available for students with specific needs, where they can study and work on a PC with special software (ZoomText, Magic, JAWS) and use other technical equipment (iMac). 

The Carolina Centre is located at: 

Celetná 20, Prague 1; 1st floor, door no. 132a 

Contact: 

PhDr. Lenka Dobešová, Ph.D
lenka.dobesova@ruk.cuni.cz
Tel.: 224 491 507
Mobile: 777 355 728
Website: https://centrumcarolina.cuni.cz/CCENG-1.html