# Disability and specific learning difficulties
**Source**: https://www.uniroma1.it/en/node/306859
**Parent**: https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina-strutturale/students
Sapienza creates targeted inclusion policies and organises specific services to remove those obstacles that limit the full expression of each person's potential within the university context
### Call for applications for communication assistance grants published (academic year 2025/2026)
**Call for applications for communication assistance grants.**\
The call is open to students enrolled at Sapienza University of Rome with verbal language or communication impairments, with the aim of covering the costs of services such as **AAC** (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) and **W.O.C.E.** (Written Output Communication Enhancement) for integration into academic activities.\
**The maximum grant amount is €10,000 per year for each recipient.** The deadline for submitting applications is **Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.**
[Call (in Italian)](https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/bando/238898_disposizione-n-4197-prot-n-152313-del-14102025)
### Collaboration grants for tutoring students with disabilities and SLDs
The call for applications for 120 part-time collaboration grants is now online. These contracts are for providing support to students with disabilities and students with SLDs (Specific Learning Difficulties) for the academic year 2025-2026.
Deadline: October 27, 2025.
[Call (in Italian)](https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/dettaglio_bando_albo/237913)
### List of students eligible for personal assistance grants – Year 2025
Please click on the [Italian version of this page](https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/disabilita-e-dsa#elenco-degli-studenti-ammessi-al-contributo-per-l-assistenza-alla-persona-anno-2025) for all information
### Awards for theses on disability and SLDs
Every year, Sapienza offers prizes for Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral theses on disability. To be eligible for an award, papers must address the topic through experimental research and/or the development of solutions to improve the living conditions of people with disabilities. The award aims to promote academic research into the social and cultural integration of disabled people.
Please click on the [Italian version of this section](https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/disabilita-e-dsa#premi-tesi-sul-tema-della-disabilit-e-dsa) for more details
### New regulation of services for students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties
[Regulation (in Italian)](https://www.uniroma1.it/it/documento/regolamento-i-servizi-favore-delle-studentesse-e-degli-studenti-con-disabilita-e-con)
**2025-26 Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes** have been published on the [Course Catalogue.](https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/en)
**Contact us**\
The service for students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties is active from Monday to Friday.\
Please email (in Italian) [servizio.disabilita@uniroma1.it.it](mailto:servizio.disabilita@uniroma1.it.it) or [servizio.dsa@uniroma1.it](mailto:servizio.dsa@uniroma1.it) for an online or in-person appointment.
[Sapienza Virtual Tour](http://virtualtour.uniroma1.it/)
**Office for students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties**
**Head of Unit**\
Fabio Mollicone
**Staff**\
Fabio Bucca\
Chiara Mandara\
Assunta Marano\
Alessandra Nemola
**Other staff**
Anna Zegretti\
Arianna Armellini\
Cecilia Gazzeri\
Dariateresa Russo\
Ernestina Lauria\
Francesca Agostini\
Francesca Treglia\
Francesca Vignola\
Maria Landi\
Marta Pallotta\
Martina Carrazza\
Pamela De Nardis\
Sara Conforti\
Valentina Olla Pes
Locations
Law Building (CU002)\
Ground floor/rear entrance\
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5\
00185 Rome
Navigation
[Contacts and services for students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties](https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/office-students-disabilities-and-specific-learning-difficulties-contacts)