I came across this when looking into a combination of factors; left-handedness, increased spatial reasoning ability, and autism. The path took me on a bit of a journey. As a leftie, I just thought I’d share this one.
Which means 72% of autistic people are right-handed.
If we were to claim there is a link: right-handedness increases risks of autism?
"The researchers found that individuals on the autism spectrum were 2.49 times more likely to be left-handed than people without autism.
Altogether, about 28 percent of individuals on the autism spectrum were left-handed as compared to about 10 percent in the general population.
Moreover, individuals on the autism spectrum were 2.34 times more likely to be mixed-handed than the general population and 3.48 times more likely to be either left-handed or mixed-handed than the general population."
I’m a lefty, a little bit on the spectrum, spatial awareness is good but only in particular trained settings.
that is so interesting! i’m an autistic leftie too
Same
Wonder if theres a neurological link between dominant hand, or maybe theres still social pressures kids feel to be right handed and us on the spectrum just don’t really feel that, the same way a lot of us seem to be less effected by peer pressure.
