How May the College Experience Affect a Student
with a Psychological Disability?
Students with mental health or psychological disabilities can be affected in many ways during their college experience. Here are some examples:
students may not be able to screen out distractions, thus, making it difficult to concentrate,
side effects from medications may also impact attention, alertness and activity levels,
the episodic and somewhat unpredictable onset of illness and recurrence can also interrupt the educational process,
students might not have the stamina and concentration for a full course load,