Cognitive Challenges 

Cognitive challenges refer to difficulties in mental processes like thinking, memory, learning, and decision-making. While cognitive challenges are difficult to physically see, one’s daily life can be greatly impacted.

Cognitive challenges can include:  

• Increased time in completing activities and responses in conversation  
• Difficulty understanding what is being said (verbal or written) 
• Difficulty expressing thoughts  
• Being forgetful and misplacing items  
• Difficulty with newly learned information (ex: rules, schedule, directions of task) 
• Trouble with concentrating and appearing distracted as though he/she is not listening 
• Being inflexible   
• Becoming frustrated easily 
• Being impulsive