Our "raison d'être"

In 1998, high school pupils and students with disabilities were provided no extra help, no accompaniment during their courses, nor preparation for their professional future. They were not counted then even, often exempted from internships; their professional projects were not much ambitious; sometimes they stayed eternal students in order to delay their access into the active living as it was considered as impossible.

That’s why we imagined and created an innovative device intended for high school pupils, students and the young graduates with disabilities.

The purpose of this device is to insure to every young disabled student from Haute-Normandie optimal conditions in order to study in higher education, to build a realistic professional project and have an employment according to its skill level.

Within 15 years, thanks to our numerous partners, the device is still a kind of exception in France placing the region Haute-Normandie as a leader regarding the orientation of the disabled high school students and the occupational integration of the students with disabilities.

Since 1998 HANDISUP’s activity didn’t stop growing. From now on, approximately 400 young adults from Haute-Normandie call on HANDISUP whatever their disability (visual, auditory, motor, invalidating disease, etc.). The Students concerned are from multiple different academic institutions of Haute-Normandie: universities, INSA, ESC Group Schools, BTS courses, Architecture Schools, etc.

Please find our leaflet here.

If you wish to contribute immediately by subscribing, you can donate 1euro for the students and 5 euros for the non-students.

Everybody is welcome in our association, both disabled or not, who wish to contribute and/or offer support for the actions undertaken.

Download the registration form here.