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What does handedness have to do with AS/ASDs?
I am left-handed and have an offical diagnosis of AS or an ASD. 25%  25%  [ 27 ]
I am right-handed and have an offical diagnosis of AS or an ASD. 35%  35%  [ 38 ]
I am ambidextrous and have an offical diagnosis of AS or an ASD. 11%  11%  [ 12 ]
I am left-handed and have no offical diagnosis of AS or an ASD. 13%  13%  [ 14 ]
I am right-handed and have no offical diagnosis of AS or an ASD. 12%  12%  [ 13 ]
I am ambidextrous and have no offical diagnosis of AS or an ASD. 3%  3%  [ 3 ]
Other handedness/ASD condition not listed: ________________ (Please explain) 3%  3%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 110

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27 Sep 2012, 12:10 am

Pompei wrote:
Here is a quote from a paper that suggests at least some autistics use their right hemisphere for language instead of the left side. This seems very relevant to the question whether handedness and autism are related


Thanks for the link :D
Lefthanded people use in general more often the right hamisphere for language or even both, but not all of them.
The entire neurodiversity is just one big spectrum.


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04 Feb 2013, 5:23 am

Seems like AS are indeed more likely to be lefties, though lefties are still a minority among them.