in the last two decades, attention on acquired reading disorders has shifted from neuroanatomical (wherein specific disorders were attributed to specific lesions in the brain) to the general cognitive approach. Now the focus is on the exact manifestation of brain damage, such as visual perception to a more specific task like reading. Contemporary study now proceeds to a categorisation of various types of disorders, by detailing specific reading disorders seperately, with their interconnectivity being worked out.

Reading disorders are then pinpointed to one or the other process, with theoretical models being developed to account for all subtypes. Thus there is, amongst others,