Germany has seen slow progress when it comes to increasing the participation of people with disabilities. In this interview, Teresa Sansour, an expert in special needs education, explains which groups need more attention and how her research can help.

Prospective teachers learn how to tend a school garden on the Haarentor campus. The "Campusacker" project, led by educationalist Ines Oldenburg, aims to help bring education for sustainable development into schools.

Even if they receive optimal medical care, children with hearing impairments may need extra support with vocabulary for years to come, research by the scientists in the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all indicates.

Oldenburg professor Clemens Hillenbrand has been training Iraqi teachers in inclusive education for many years. The special needs educationalist discusses the progress already made and the challenges ahead.

From sign language to speech computers - there are many alternatives for people who cannot or can barely speak. A tool developed by a team led by special needs teacher Andrea Erdélyi helps determine which is suitable for whom.

Many schools in Germany have begun teaching children and youths who have fled the war in Ukraine. In Oldenburg, students from the University's Department of Special Needs Education are volunteering to help respond to their needs.

The aim of a pilot project in Hamburg is to provide better support for children and young people with abnormalities, problems and stress. Researchers from Oldenburg are carrying out the evaluation.

Helping refugee children and young people from Ukraine get started in German schools: Special education students will be taking on this voluntary task at a secondary school in Oldenburg over the coming weeks.

For many young people with intellectual disabilities this career trajectory seems preordained – yet their wishes and ideas are not particularly taken into account. Special education professor Andrea Erdélyi wants to change this.

During the coronavirus crisis, pupils with special educational needs have been overlooked, says special needs teacher Clemens Hillenbrand. There is an urgent need to develop new forms of distance learning for them too.

What are the restrictions imposed by the pandemic actually doing to the youngest children? Special needs teacher Tanja Jungmann talks about orientation in everyday life, growing gaps in knowledge - and protective factors that can arm children for the crisis.

People living with multiple sclerosis often need aids to stay mobile. A new co-operation project is investigating how more than 240,000 sufferers across Germany can be provided with these aids to meet their needs.