Cognitive impairment ("brain fog") includes an inability to recall words, short term memory loss, and an inability to multi-task.

Common impairments include:

Such impairments may include physical, sensory, and cognitive or developmental disabilities.

Such impairments might include illness, intoxication, drunkenness, using drugs, insufficient sleep, and other health problems.

Basketball is open to wheelchair athletes, whose impairments may include paraplegia, lower limb amputation, cerebral palsy and polio.

Fencing is open to wheelchair athletes, whose impairments may include spinal cord injuries, lower limb amputation and cerebral palsy.

Common impairments associated with neurologic conditions include impairments of vision, balance, ambulation, activities of daily living, movement, muscle strength and loss of functional independence.

Neurobehavioural impairment includes problems with attention and planning, processing speed, visual spatial skills, language, reading and spelling.

Mental impairments include mental or psychological disorders, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities.

Such impairments include fatigue, weakness, hypertonicity, low exercise tolerance, impaired balance, ataxia and tremor.