Impact of Dyslexia on Mental Health of Undergraduate Students

This report discusses the impact of dyslexia on the mental health of undergraduate students. It highlights the challenges faced by dyslexic students in reading and writing, and the strategies to manage them. The report also covers the prevalence of dyslexia in the UK and the social and psychological consequences of the disorder.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Mental health is defined as the state of individual which is related with the wellness. It
majorly includes the wellbeing which is associated with the cognitive, behavioural and the
emotional wellbeing. It is all about the behaviour which include thinking of people and their
feeling. Moreover, the people used the term mental health in order to show the absence of issue
which is related with the mental health, while taking the contrast with the student, the issue of
mental health is usually seen in the number of ways which may disrupt the wellness. It is usually
seen due to the academic pressure and stress which may create the issue of mental health among
the undergraduate student. In this report, the major of discussion is based on the dyslexia as a
mental health issue which may affect the undergraduate student within the college within the
country (Adamu and Soykan, 2019).
MAIN BODY
Dyslexia is defined as the learning disability which make the thing hard which is associated
with the children and undergraduate student. The stress and the workload which is associated
with college is also a challenging aspect for the student with the dyslexia, but they are usually
prepare this with the help of practicing by using the reading strategies and tool which is used in
such a way which is in high school. Moreover, college student is dealing with the dyslexia which
is showing the prevalence of 4 percent that the student is used to face the issue with their course
and formulating the learning. The dyslexia require carful aspect in order to manage the time.
They usually keeping the detail schedule and blocking off time to the aspect of study which can
help to student in order to ensure that they do not get behind. It is also assist them with the
reference to time and make the plan accordingly. The reading comprehensive is also a useful
aspect which is challenging for the college student in order to more aspect of dyslexia. In context
with the student difficulties which is related with the dyslexia may generate the issue in the
reading. There is a cumulative technique which paly role within the challenge which is face by
student is called SQR3 method which help the student in the effective ways (Al-Zoubi and
Suhail, 2020). This method is functional and play vital role within the college student. Moreover,
the student is usually used this method with the start of looking over the text in order to preview
what is coming and that must be prevented that act as barrier. The student is used to look on their
question which they are expect to the text to answer and read with the goals of finding towards
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the answer. Moreover, they are usually show the aspect which is active in term of tool with the
goals of finding those answer. It is usually active towards the reading tool which can help the
student to understand that what they are usually reading that is easy. In this, the parent also used
to take participation in order to develop some of the approach which include motivation and
encourage the student to deal with the difficulties which is arises due to the mental illness of
dyslexia. The proper use of SQR3 method in college develop quality within the learning and
gaining the knowledge which is functional and appropriate for the student with dyslexia (Ashraf
and Najam, 2020).
There are some of the other tool which is help the student in order to gain the learning
disabilities. For example, the student is used to get software which is based on the aspect of
reading which is assign in the assignment. The disability service is also provided to the college
student in term of some method or by use of software and even training to use it. Therefore, it
also analyses within the aspect of student in order to practice these tool before the collage used to
start that may create the issue which is ready the work that is more challenging (Cappelli and et.
al., 2018).
In addition, student with the aspect of dyslexia they may usually find more difficulties in
reading. In this, they are usually just unfamiliar with the aspect to classmate do. Therefore, the
challenge is with the level of many text which can be leap from the what the student are usually
accustomed in the high school. Secondly, the vocabulary which may be more sophisticated and
unfamiliar. In addition, the undergraduate student is usually face wide number of difficulties
when they are living with the dyslexia. The sign and symptoms of the dyslexia among the student
are usually similar with those who is facing the issue with learning but they are usually advance
as per the context of mental health issue (Fazmina and et. al., 2020). therefore, the some of the
common dyslexia sign and symptoms are usually associated with the student who is prefer from
the undergraduate facing difficulties are challenge in the reading which also include reading in
aloud, slow and labour intensive reading and writing, problem spelling, usually avoid the activity
that involve with the reading and writing, mispronouncing names and the words or the issue
which help to retrieving the words, in addition, they also show some of the aspect which is
trouble in understanding the jokes and expression which have meaning which is not easy to
create understanding form the specific word which is idioms such as the piece of cake meaning
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easy, spending lot of time in completing the task that is involve with the reading or writing and
also facing the issue while summarising the events or any story (Gennaro and et. al., 2019).
The prevalence or the number which is related with the statistic of dyslexia within the UK
show enormous of student are usually face the issue of mental health. With the statistic of
dyslexia, it is evaluated that the around 6.3 million people which is approx. 10 percent of the UK
population is facing the issue of dyslexia and living with such kind of mental disorder. Moreover,
the other data which is also associated with that that are living with the 1 in 6 adult has the issue
of reading of an 11-year-old. Therefore, the undergraduate student with the dyslexia is counted
with the 4 percent often have also related with the other condition which majorly include
dyscalculia that showing the challenging aspect with number, in this, the other related mental
disorder is ADD which is known as attention deficit disorder and ADHD that also called as
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (Loveland-Armour, 2018).
While taking the contrast sociological aspect, the impact of dyslexia they have different for
each person and they are usually depending on the severity of condition and their effectiveness of
the instruction and remediation. In addition to this, they usually core difficulty with word
recognition and reading fluency, spelling and writing. Some of the individual with the dyslexia in
order to manage the dyslexia which is used to learn the early reading and spelling task which is
especially with the context to excellent instruction but they have later experience their most of
debilitating issue which is based on the more complex language skill which is usually require
that include grammar, understanding textbook material and writing essays. Student are usually
facing the issue of dyslexia which occur issue and problem while spoken the language, even they
have exposed the good language model with their homes and good language instruction and the
education within the college. They may also their finding which is usually express the
themselves clearly or in order to full the comprehend what the others mean when they used to
speak. Moreover, such issue and the language are used to create issue when they are recognised
but they can lead to create the major issue within the college while taking the context with
undergraduate student. They usually face issue while reading and preparing for the exam
(Meisinger, Breazeale, and Davis, 2021).
Moreover, the psychological factor which may produce some of the aspect which is affect
the person self-image. The psychological concept which may adhere the person or student self-
personality that reduce their self-confidence and self-esteem. it also impacts the student while
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creating the demotivation due to the factor which may create impact on personality and
psychology of the student. While taking the contrast of dyslexia which is usually discourage and
create stress among the children with the number of reason which minimise the self-esteem and
confidence of the student in front of someone or to represent themselves in the big stage due to
their disorder that judge by everyone. The frustration of the children with the aspect of dyslexia
used to create the number of issue on their inability which stop to meet their experience. Their
parent and the teacher which is used to see the bright, enthusiastic child who is usually learn to
read and write. In addition, the pain of failing to meet the people expectation is the surpassed
only the dyslexics inability to achieve their goals. This is usually show some of the particular
true with the those who used to develop the perfectionistic that provide the expectation in order
to deal with the fraction of anxiety. They usually grow up believing that they have terrible to
make the mistake. However, their learning disability is usually almost by definition which is
usually showing the means which is related with the student who is facing with dyslexia
(Wiseheart and Wellington, 2019).
In addition, this is extremely frustrating to them and they feel chronically inadequate.
However, the dyslexic children are usually play has been associated with the issue with the social
relationship which is usually traced with the some of the causes which predominantly include,
the dyslexic student usually related with the physical and social immaturity in the term of
comparison to their peers which can lead to create the issue of poor self-image and less peer
acceptance. The dyslexic social immaturity which may create the situation and condition of
awkwardness in the social group or within the community. Moreover, there are some of the issue
which is related with the difficulty which is associated with the social cues. They are usually
oblivious to the aspect of amount of the personal distance which is necessary in the social
interaction or insensitive to the other which is based on the people or the student body language.
In addition, the dyslexia which is usually affect the oral language function and appropriate factor
which may create the issue with the student with the level of undergraduate who is facing issue
on the persistent level. In addition, the anxiety is the most frequent emotional symptom that
reported by the dyslexic student. They are usually facing the wide range of challenge in term of
social and psychological aspect which is derive the consequence which may create hindrance
with the learning especially for the reading (Yuzaidey and et. al., 2018).
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CONCLUSION
As per the discussion, it is systemically analysed that the dyslexia are the common mental
health issue which is faced by the number of student during their college time which may create
difficulties with the social and psychological level. The dyslexia are usually creating issue
among the undergraduate student with the reading and writing. Moreover, due to the long term
effect of dyslexia may cause the issue of low self-confidence and self-esteem which is generating
hurdle and difficulties among the student to deal with other in the public. They are usually facing
the issue of lack of focus or concentration of the study and so on.
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