Is there a connection between aspergers and left-handedness?

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26 Nov 2011, 3:28 pm

Just wondering because I'm both left handed and aspie and I have always felt like I think differently from most people. And I have heard that lefties tend to be more eccentric on average than right handed people and actually think differently.

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26 Nov 2011, 3:32 pm

I am a right-handed Aspie. But I know a left-handed NT who isn't really different in that way.

I read somewhere that everybody, regardless of what neurotype, has a 5 percent chance of being born left-handed. It's not really anything to do with being Aspie, NT, or other.

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26 Nov 2011, 3:41 pm

Joe90 wrote:

Yeah. I'd also argue that it's not an either/or thing. I write with my left hand, but I do most things with my right, so I've never really been handicapped by being a southpaw. Really I'm a mix of both.

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26 Nov 2011, 3:51 pm

donnie_darko wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

same exact way really. Only a handful of things I do left-handed, such as writing, throwing, and eating.

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26 Nov 2011, 4:15 pm

I'm a right-handed Aspie male. I've never heard of any correlation between being on the spectrum and being left-handed.

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26 Nov 2011, 4:50 pm

UH-HUH.

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26 Nov 2011, 4:50 pm

I'm lefted handed, and I can say that most of the left handed people I know act more aspie than most of the right handed people I know.

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26 Nov 2011, 5:46 pm

right handed here... I don't think there is a link. My mum is left handed and doesn't have an ASD.

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26 Nov 2011, 5:54 pm

Joe90 wrote:

This. I have seen no evidence to suggest that there is a correlation between autism and handedness.

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26 Nov 2011, 6:03 pm

I thought I read somewhere that they are more likely to be right-handed.. but then most people are.

I'm not diagnosed with anything, but I am odd and left-handed. Interestingly, both of my teachers I have right now are left handed. I noticed my math teacher first, but then my chemistry teacher made the comment of how many lefties we have in our class.. and usually you are more likely to notice when your left handed.. so I thought he was, but I kept forgetting to look and check, but sure enough he is too.

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26 Nov 2011, 6:17 pm

Right handed!

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26 Nov 2011, 6:20 pm

I started an associated thread, "Is There a Link Between AS and Handedness?". Please click on the link and take the poll. Thank you.

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26 Nov 2011, 6:26 pm

DS is left handed and has an official diagnosis of AS - I have often wondered if there is a link.

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26 Nov 2011, 7:04 pm

Joe90 wrote:

I've actually researched this:

This study indicates that autistic people may be less likely to be right-handed:

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The present study reports preliminary data from two unselected samples of carefully diagnosed autistic subjects (children and adults) and an assessment procedure that includes a large sample of items, appropriate for lowerfunctioning autistic subjects, with multiple presentations within and between sessions 1 week apart. The study seeks to determine (1) whether a raised incidence of non-right-handedness exists in these samples (2) if so, what constructs best represent this shift in the handedness distribution (i.e., phenotype and CNS substrate) and (3) whether these handedness phenotypes are associated with different levels of cognitive functioning. The results reveal a dramatic shift away from right-handedness in both autistic samples, due to a raised incidence of two phenotypes, manifest left-handedness and ambiguous handedness. The ambiguously handed, who were postulated to represent substantial bilateral CNS pathology due to early brain injury, were found to have much lower intellectual scores in one of the study samples.

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26 Nov 2011, 8:08 pm

I am right-handed, but I do some things the way left-handed do. But I have noticed something else: I look almost the whole time through my left eye. I do not really look to the right side and if I have to, I still use mainly my left eye. So in my vision I play a field like: [_.

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26 Nov 2011, 8:57 pm

Joe90 wrote:

I read somewhere that everybody, regardless of what neurotype, has a 5 percent chance of being born left-handed. It's not really anything to do with being Aspie, NT, or other.

I'd be interested in that study, that compared handedness across the spectrum.

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