renaeden wrote:
I don't know anyone else who is so mixed up with what hand they use...
Left for writing
Right for ironing
Right for the computer mouse
Right for batting in cricket or baseball/teeball
Left or right for tennis (but I really suck at it anyway)
Left for throwing things
Right for archery
Right for playing snooker or pool (as for tennis)
I am right-eyed (my left eye is almost useless)
Left or right for kicking (stones or football)
You may be mixed-handed. That's when the brain assigned tasks to one hand or the other. It's different from ambi, where you are equally (or relatively) dexterous with both hands at any given task. Mixed-handedness is common among auties. I see it in my HFA and LFA kids alot, while most of my Aspies kids have been right-handed.
I'm actually ambi, although in my old age (34) my ambidexterity is not as facile as it was before I hit the big 3-0. I regrettably live in an adult world now where I have little time for the things I did when I was younger that kept my ambidexterity sharp. I was trained to write right-handed, although writing with my left came naturally too, and I draw/paint right-handed.
I still can do most things with either left or right, although nowdays I sometimes have to think a little harder when using my left than before. When predominantly using my left hand or left side of my body, I have to think about the "shift" I need to make in my brain to reorient myself todoing things "lefty." When I was younger, I didn't have to think - I just did it.