At 1:30 PM -0400 9/20/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone! I haven't posted here before so I'll beg your indulgence
>>if I'm
>> asking too much....
>>
>> One of my students asked a question that I don't have an answer for:
>> Is there a link, a relationship between those who are dyslexic AND are also
>> ambedextrous? Wondering if there's a brain linkage?
>
>Hi Judy:
>
>Congratulations on your new status as a non-lurker. I'm not aware
>of any association between being ambidextrous and dyslexic, but I
>believe that the incidence of dyslexia is greater in kak-handers
>(ok, left-handers) like myself. The presumed cause would be brain
>dysfunction that is responsible for both conditions. We're also
>supposed to die younger. Sigh!
>
>I can probably dig up a reference if needed.
I'd be amazed if there were NOT a correlation between the diagnosis of
dyslexia and a preference for the sinister hand.
I'd not presume that this relationship were a causal one.
Lefties might simply be attracting more attention from teachers and parents
("there's something wrong with my kid!").
PS
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Can one be ambisinister?
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