Is there a connection between aspergers and left-handedness?

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The correlation is certainly possible if it turns out the preemie birth - Asperger's link turns out to be true; a lot of premature babies are left handed (myself included) because the right side of the brain apparently develops faster than the left before birth (or so says my ex-nurse mother) meaning that the right hemisphere, which controls the left side of the body, is more functional at birth.

I also found this quote from a magazine/journal article on the subject: "Extremely premature babies weighing a pound or less at birth -- whose survival is becoming increasingly common -- have been found to have at least one quirk that will remain with them all of their lives: At least one study found they were left-handed more than half the time."

No, righty here. One of my brothers is lefty and NT, the other is righty and NT. No correlation.

I am a right-handed aspie. In my class there's a left-handed kid and he surely doesn't have AS. However, I don't think there's a connection between being left-handed and being an aspie.

I am mostly right-handed. I write with my right hand (always have done) and I cannot write with my left hand at all, even if I tried. The only thing I do with any hand is use a spoon or fork. But I use either hand subconsciously, so I don't know what hand I use more. But I don't relate silly little things like that with being on the spectrum, I just think it's just a me thing.

I have a diagnosis appointment in 2 weeks and one of the screening questions is "Are you left-handed". Make of that what you will.

I also work in an environment comprising 32 engineers, 13 of whom are left-handed. The more astute of you may see that this is way above the norm for left-handedness. As is the engineering/Asperger link.

Patrick

Once a cop told that when he went through an exam, the examiners have asked if they are left handed because they thought left handers are more clever and analytical. But I didn't understand if this was his interpretation (he was right handed) or they actually thought that. It sounds biased to me.

Well, I do think that left handers brain might be a bit different because the right hemisphere controls the left side of your body and the left hemisphere, the right side and they have different functions so brain might be considered as a muscle that is active more in the left or in the right. The thickness and the lenght of corpus callosum is important as well. If there's any particularity, it is not determined only by the hand preference, but you can't ignore this factor either.

I'm right handed

I'm left handed.