Asiakasnäkymä
Kela
Updated 21.04.2026
Kela – Oma väylä rehabilitation (young people)
Oma väylä rehabilitation is intended for young people aged 16 to 29 who need support for studying or working life because of a neuropsychiatric disorder.
Service organiser
Kela
Language
Finnish
Swedish
Charges
The service is free of charge
Implementation
Contact service
- You can apply for Oma väylä rehabilitation if you have been diagnosed with either of the following: an autism spectrum disorder without accompanying intellectual impairment (Asperger syndrome) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD).
- The other conditions are that you need support for your studies or working life and that you have difficulties with your social skills or managing your everyday life.
- In addition to a neuropsychiatric disorder, you may also have been diagnosed with another psychiatric disorder. However, your mental health must be good enough to allow you to study or work.
- If you have acute substance abuse issues or your goals are not related to studying or working life, you must look into other rehabilitation options.
Who is the service for?
Municipality of residence
Municipality of residence does not matter
Age
16-29-year-olds
Situation
Challenges with work and functional capacity
You can submit an application via the OmaKela e-service OR send it by post.
OmaKela
- Fill in the application form for discretionary rehabilitation KU 132 (PDF, in Finnish only)external link, opens in a new tab.
- Name the desired service provider in your application. Explore service providersexternal link, opens in a new tab (in Finnish or Swedish only).
- Append to your application a medical certificate B or a medical report containing the corresponding information, including the illness in question, the recommended rehabilitation and its objectives.
- Submit your application in OmaKelaexternal link, opens in a new tab
- After filling in the application form, save it to your device. The application must be in PDF format.
- Log in to OmaKelaexternal link, opens in a new tab
- Go to ‘Tee hakemus’ (Submit an application). Select ‘Sairastaminen ja kuntoutus’ (Illness and rehabilitation) and then ‘Kuntoutus – tee hakemus’ (Rehabilitation – submit an application). Select ‘Harkinnanvarainen kuntoutus’ (Discretionary rehabilitation) as the benefit.
- Press ‘Lisää hakemus’ (Add an application) to add your application from your device and then press ‘Lähetä’ (Submit).
- If you submit your application via OmaKela, you do not need to sign it.
- Send the appendices via OmaKela once you have first submitted your application. If the appendices are on paper, you can take a photo of them or scan them.
By post
- Sign the application and send it and its appendices by post to the following address: Kela, PO Box 10, 00056 Kela.
The written decision will be sent to your home by post. You can also view the decision in OmaKela.
If you are granted rehabilitation, the service provider will call you within about two weeks of you receiving the decision.
Benefits of participating in the service
Oma väylä rehabilitation will provide you with:
- a boost to your study and working life skills
- guidance on and practice in life management
- support for strengthening your social skills.
The purpose of individual and group meetings is to:
- support your study and working life skills
- strengthen your self-esteem
- provide you with ways to recognise symptoms and behaviours stemming from a neuropsychiatric disorder
- practise your social interaction skills
- offer you peer support.
During group visits by family and close friends:
- you will receive information on neuropsychiatric disorders and their impacts on the lives of the young person and their family and friends
- you will have the opportunity to receive peer support and share your own experiences of things such as everyday challenges and coping methods
- you will receive support for achieving the young person’s goals related to becoming independent.
Conditions for participating in the service
- You can apply for Oma väylä rehabilitation if you have been diagnosed with either of the following: an autism spectrum disorder without accompanying intellectual impairment (Asperger syndrome) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD).
- The other conditions are that you need support for your studies or working life and that you have difficulties with your social skills or managing your everyday life.
- In addition to a neuropsychiatric disorder, you may also have been diagnosed with another psychiatric disorder. However, your mental health must be good enough to allow you to study or work.
- If you have acute substance abuse issues or your goals are not related to studying or working life, you must look into other rehabilitation options.
PLEASE NOTE! You cannot receive intensive medical rehabilitation services and participate in Oma väylä rehabilitation at the same time.
How can I participate in the service?
How is the service organised?
Links and attachments
Links:
Service category
Support for return to work