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.

  • Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Which means 72% of autistic people are right-handed.

    If we were to claim there is a link: right-handedness increases risks of autism?

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      1 year ago

      "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."