"Review of Reading disabilities: The interaction of reading, language, and neuropsychological deficits": Comment on book review.

The book review by M. L. Simner and S. J. Lupker entitled Reading disabilities: The interaction of reading, language, and neuropsychological deficits (see record 2007-03865-001) by Donald G. Doehring, Ronald L. Trites, P. G. Patel, and Christina A. M. Fiedorowicz was generally characterized by a lack of appreciation of the complexities involved in reading disabilities research. The review reflected a poor understanding of the theoretical framework, and many comments were simply a reiteration of problematic areas the authors themselves discussed in the book. Further, the reviewers misinterpreted several issues. The main focus of the book was to present a review of the literature with respect to the development of the subgroup concept in reading disabilities, and specifically to present the data for three subtypes defined by Doehring and his colleagues. Another issue the reviewers address as a major concern is the validity of the subtypes. The last main issue of concern expressed by the reviewers involves the usefulness of subtyping as a means of understanding reading disabilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)