1. Listlessness, tiring easily
2. Irritability, crankiness
3. Change in eating or sleeping patterns
4. Change in the way they play
5. Change in the way they perform or act at school
6. Lack of interest in favorite toys
7. Loss of new skills, such as toilet training
8. Loss of balance, unsteady walking

Cognitive deficits including difficulties with:

• attention
• concentration
• distractability
• memory
• speed of processing
• confusion
• perseveration
• impulsiveness
• language processing
• “executive functions”

Speech and Language

• not understanding the spoken word (receptive aphasia)
• difficulty speaking and being understood (expressive aphasia)
• slurred speech
• speaking very fast or very slow
• problems reading
• problems writing

Sensory

• difficulties with interpretation of touch, temperature, movement, limb position and fine discrimination

Perceptual

• the integration or patterning of sensory impressions into psychologically meaningful data

Vision

• partial or total loss of vision
• weakness of eye muscles and double vision (diplopia)
• blurred vision
• problems judging distance
• involuntary eye movements (nystagmus)
• intolerance of light (photophobia)

Hearing

• decrease or loss of hearing
• ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
• increased sensitivity to sounds

Smell

• loss or diminished sense of smell (anosmia)

Taste

• loss or diminished sense of taste

Seizures

• the convulsions associated with epilepsy that can be several types and can involve disruption in  consciousness, sensory perception, or motor movements

Physical Changes

• physical paralysis/spasticity
• chronic pain
• control of bowel and bladder
• sleep disorders
• loss of stamina
• appetite changes
• regulation of body temperature
• menstrual difficulties

Social-Emotional

• dependent behaviors
• emotional ability
• lack of motivation
• irritability
• aggression
• depression
• disinhibition
• denial/lack of awareness