My dad was born left handed. He grew up right handed. In dads time they made all left handed right handed. I was born left, I got to stay left handed. I like being left handed because theirs not many of us. Guess you could say were a unique breed!!

Interesting while serving in the Israel air force I always found going to the firing range unpleasant with the Uzi as I’m both left handed and left eyed. While firing the weapon the gun ejected spent casings to the right in my face/body which was unpleasant. Later on rifles were set up so that used casings ejected downward.

The answer lies in this: Left-handers are every bit as intelligent and creative as right-handers. The problem arises when the parent or teacher forces the left-handed child to convert to right-handedness and in so doing, interfere with the brain dominance. Right-handed people are dominated out of the left side of the brain whereas left-handed people are right-brain dominant. When you force the child to change, it confuses and neutralizes signals to the brain’s natural patterns of dominance. This disorientation can is a major cause of dyslexia. It is paramount that a parent not try to alter the natural inclinations of a child’s use of his/her right or left-handedness. Dr. Zedler was one of the world’s leading Dr.s on this topic and I studied under her. No need to be offended with anyone searching for answers. Hope this clarifies matters for you.

Jack Katz data from years of work with the Staggered Spondaic Test discovered that left handed children of left handed mothers appeared to possess math/numbers skills. They also demonstrated reversal behavior with numbers, but also with spelling of words where letters (and potential meaning for some words) were presumably reversed. Auditory memory for order of words or concepts may be involved at some level, but just a guess. The presence of reversals did not appear related to IQ and intellectual things–indeed, engineering-gifted people sometimes demonstrate reversal behavior. In terms of Benjamites, the only way to know if they had reversal behavior, is to interview those left-handers’ moms. Kind of difficult at this time in history!

Central auditory processing differences in left handers.

NOT True ! I am left handed and very creative, fairly intelligent, a musician, artist and I also have great speaking, writing and reading skills. My children are the same. Both my sons are gifted. Reading disorders have nothing to do with being left handed ! Your comment is an insult to us all ! The article is BS.