It is worth noting that cerebral palsy is an umbrella term which includes a number of non-progressive, but often reversible motor dysfunction syndromes as secondary damage result or
brain abnormalities arising in the early development stages (Houlihan et al, 2004; Bax et al., 2014; McCubbin & McCubbin, 1987).
The article, in a special issue on reading and math in Frontiers in Psychology, proposes that math disability
arises from
abnormalities in
brain areas supporting procedural memory.