Assistance for people with disabilities. Many associate disabilities or severe disabilities with wheelchair users, blind individuals, cancer patients, or others with visible or congenital impairments. However, there are just as many invisible disabilities. Additionally, disability is often a topic that affects older individuals. Furthermore, disabilities can also be lasting consequences of illnesses. People with disabilities, those at risk of disability, and their relatives are not only confronted with the immediate effects of the disability, but they also have to regularly cope with significantly changed life circumstances. Although the law, including the Social Code (SGB), grants people with disabilities a comprehensive right to participation, meaning accessibility in all areas of life, they and their families must navigate a complex system of services and responsibilities in our social system, often struggling to determine what benefits they are entitled to. This guide aims to assist them. It provides information on how a severe disability or the degree of disability is determined, the significance of the severely disabled person's ID card, the assistance available for housing, mobility, travel, and communication, the benefits and discounts related to employment and vocational training, how people with disabilities are socially secured, the tax benefits available to people with disabilities and their families, the compensatory measures associated with the degree of disability or specific markers, and which offices, authorities, and organizations can provide assistance.