Why are so many Aspies left-handed?

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Interesting, and here I spent years teaching myself to be an outie. Just to seem more normal. That normal BS gets me every time.

I'm right-handed for pretty much, like everything. But I brush my teeth left-handed, for some unearthly reason....

Right-handedness is a society-based condition. Basically, we have equal dexterity from birth. We are just told by school staff to use our right hand primarily. I am fairly ambidextrous despite this though, it helped when learning fret tapping on bass.

Handedness is influenced by genetic factors. In a study, 62% of autistic children were non right handed compared to 37% of controls but it was a small study.

I'm a rightie. I went to a summer camp for aspies, and I didn't notice a particularly large percentage of lefties.

I am left handed, and the two people I know on the Autistic spectrum are both left handed as well.
I think there is a correlation.

I am ambidextrous It wouldn't feel normal to me if I picked one hand over the other.

I'm left-handed.

When I went to playgroup I thought it was "wrong" because everyone else was right-handed, but when I tried to use my right hand it was uncomfortable. I can't write well at all with my right hand, but I can draw with it almost as well as with my left.

I write backwards (right to left) sometimes because it's easier. Does anyone else do this?

People with Asperger's are right handed but I don't know about people being left handed maybe they're ambidextrous

In 6th grade my science/ lit teacher had the class do this thing where we all had to write with our left hand, backwards and in cursive or something.

I was really confused, because I'm left handed and (I don't know if this is a common thing left handed people do or not) I learned all of my characters in weird ways to be able to keep up with the handwriting skills of other kids.

Point being I was completely unable to do the backwards and in cursive thing.

i'm cross-dominant.
i have preferend hands for most actions i perform, but which hand that is depends on what i'm doing, and some things i have no preference at all.

for example, i write with my right hand becouse i am taught to, and i use a computers mouse with right becouse i have an ergonomic one, for righties.
i eat with left, catch with left, but throw with right.
drinking i do with whatever hand happens to be more convenient, depending on the place i put it down, and what i have in my hands at the time

when I last posted in this thread [last august] I was cursed with an accident [deer versus bicycle, I lost the deer won] and was thrown over the handlebars, landed hard on pavement and ended up in hospital with shattered arm and effed-up body. with my left arm out of commission I had to quickly learn how to do everything with my right hand. so now as a souvenir of the accident I am largely ambidextrous in an improvised sort of way.

Right-handed here.

then this world likes YOU better.

I'm left handed, although I'm technically ambidextrous, I write left handed and I pretty much use my left hand for everything.

That's something I've never heard before. I'm right handed myself.