Swiss court rejects special assistance for student with disabilities

The Swiss Federal Court has rejected an application for special assistance from a student with disabilities at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich. Such assistance would inadmissibly lower the requirements for studying, it ruled. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The complainant, born in 1964, has suffered from a cognitive impairment since an accident in 1995. After studying biology, he began a Master's degree in environmental sciences at ETH Zurich in 2019. The student had applied for disability-related compensation: he was to receive 20% funding towards personal assistance for administrative and technical work. This was not assistance with research or studying for exams, but assistance with collecting, organising and printing lecture documents. + Most Swiss people with disabilities are socially excluded However the application was rejected by ETH Zurich, the internal appeals committee and the Federal Administrative Court. The Federal Supreme ...