Are You Left-handed and an Aspie?

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I'm ambidextrous.

I am a lefty, but I use the computer mouse with my right hand, I can also write and draw quite well with my right, but it dosen't feel as natural.

I am not sure if I have Asperger's though.

My right hand is hopeless for anything except using scissors, probably because it's hard to find lefty scissors and had to learn or not use scissors.

By the way I've calculated that around 3% of left handed people should be diagnosed with an ASD.

I am ambidextrous as well for everything but throwing a ball (if accuracy counts).

I use my left hand to write, I can use either hand to control the computer mouse though.

To Ganondox... I agree about global census regarding Left-Handed and any Psych Syndrome... however, I am not in the position to be doing the research or study to that extent..BUT this poll could be a start to raise the curiosity...

and like what I have said in my previous posts, if the relationship between left-handed and certain psych syndrome can be proven a "most likely" fact..high probability...( i agree NOT all left-handed are having any psych syndrome, like NOT all people with psych syndrome are left-handed) BUT I'd like to see the probability in a child or a person who were born left-handed or ambidextrous to develop any psych syndrome...

so that maybe there could be a global awareness..or understanding on people who are left-handed to be understood or expected NOT to act or behave or respond in the same way with the commonly right-handed people...because left-handed individual were born different already...with this awareness (if this is true) then parents, school teachers and society...should be more understanding to them and instead of being expected to be who they are not...especially when these left-handed individuals starts to show uncommon behaviors...

it's like do you expect a gay to like women...or lesbian to like men? NO because you know they are gay or they are lesbian...

in this same way that if there is a relationship between left-handed and psych syndrome, then most common individuals will immediately understand the left-handed individual with their uncommon behavior...if one is acting uncommonly...

And sorry, for the other poster who thinks this is biased...how about the right-handed individuals who are having a psych syndrome? YES I must admit....BUT the idea is if 90% of the population are right-handed...there could only be 1% of the 90% who are blessed with psych syndrome (probably they are right-brained although they are right-handed)...so we can spare them to the specialists to be diagnosed...it could be mind buggling to parents or teachers what's happening to this child or individual..

BUT to the remaining 10% of the population who are left-handed or ambidextrous...if 90% of the 10% are blessed with psych syndrome (if this can be true)...then (this is redundant) parents or teachers shouldn't be expecting them to behave or act or respond in the same way as their right-handed (common) children or students...simply because..everyone is aware he is left-handed or ambidextrous...he is different..At least we can save the agony of trying to solve the puzzle why our kid or student is behaving this way...BUT of course we will still get the right diagnosis with the specialists...at least we have them understood already..

this poll is just silly.

I have add and probably have aspergers.
My brother is an nt, maybe add. We both are left handed. The poll should ask left handed compared to right handed aspies, see if there is a significant amount more left handed. about 15% is average. Don't phrase it one way or the other to try to have less bias.

Jumping on to the big word "silly" immediately huh....

I've mentioned in my earliest post.... 90% of the population is right-handed.... do you think "even the whole 10%" minority who are left-handed who are probably with psych syndrome would be able to out-number the few blessed of the 90% right handed population..I am not sure you're getting it...

And in my earlier post....I post a link from another website who made a poll between the population of left or right handed and ambidextrous aspie, autistic and any other psych syndrome...the result OBVIOUSLY is that there are more right-handed individuals who are with psych syndrome...

HERE IS THE THING...in a 1 million population...900 thousand are right handed...only 100 thousand are left-handed and ambidextrous....Nothing is perfect....sure there are more aspies, adhd etc in the right-handed population...just look at the numbers...you have to choose within the 900 thousand population...against a 100 thousand population of left-handed or ambidextrous...

BUT if we look at Percentage if we separate them (our current poll status is 85% of the left-handed are with psych syndrome)....I have a strong belief that there is a high probability for a left-handed or ambidextrous individual to be diagnosed with any psych syndrome than the right-handed individual...

IS it a coincidence that both of you and your sibling are left-handed and both of you are with psych syndrome as well? I don't think so...

My son is left-handed (ambidextrous coz he writes with his right hand)... and he is showing signs of Aspie... My brother is left-handed...I believe is an aspie (undiagnosed) he grew through with it....my left-handed friends and office mates shows similar uncommon traits or odd behavior..probably undignosed (my country is not well into psychological or psychiatric science, probably too many people grew undiagnosed with aspie in my country...few people can afford to find and realize autism within their children...we are in a third world country)

Last edited by zupaadopa on 27 Feb 2012, 1:49 am, edited 2 times in total.

Yeah, I have ADHD, Tics and possibly other crap I don't know about. I'm LEFT HANDED, Which means I'm AWESOME.

The US President and other presidents before him were left handed. Many famous people in history have been left handed. Do you think left handed is indicative of mental illness? What do you mean by psych syndrome?

@zupaadopa
my mom has add.
my mom and dad are both right handed
my brother is not diagnosed with anything. The only he would not be considered nt is that he is gifted.

If you want a poll to see if there are more aspies that are lefted handed than right handed then ask THAT.

As has been stated before, your poll just asks how many people on here are nt compared to aspie.

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Last edited by eigerpere on 27 Feb 2012, 2:24 am, edited 1 time in total.

Worrrd.

NO I don't left-handedness will be indicative of mental illness...what I am trying to say..if you'll have a child or a student who is left-handed..don't be surprised if he shows uncommon behavior NOT mental illness...there is a strong chance he will be an aspie....BUT ITS NOT ABSOLUTE...like I said...NOT ALL ASPIE ARE LEFT-HANDED AND NOT ALL LEFT-HANDED ARE ASPIE...its just abut probability...

psych syndrome is just what I use to generalize...aspie, adhd,NT etc...

with regards to left-handed presidents? WHY NOT? Aspie...is NOT mental illness...it is a known fact that Aspies have "at least" average to superior IQ or even genius... I guess..if they (presidents) are left-handed and probably were undiagnosed aspie or not and they became presidents...they must have a superior IQ...Albert Eintein was born left-handed...and some other geniuses...BUT that was in the times when left-handed were perceived to be unacceptable/immoral/abnormal and even evil....Einstein was just forced to write with his right hand...AND Einstein was alleged to have Aspie, (Side Note: Einstein as genius as he is, he suffers with math--->>> some aspie traits)

Wonderful, I agree, thanks for explaining what you meant by psych syndrome. It sounded like mental illness and I wasn't sure by your last post what your stance was. Thanks very much for elaborating.