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.

  • larsloveslegos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m left-handed. People are often surprised that I am. I can learn to do things with both hands, like shoveling, sweeping, etc. I think it’s also easier to learn to use your non-dominant hand if you’re left-handed.

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      1 year ago

      Mixed-handedness is even more prevalent in people with autism. I’m mixed-handed too, left handed for writing, but most things can be either hand.

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        1 year ago

        Interesting! Some things I’ve naturally done right handed, like with firearms. I think I could shoot left-handed but I’ve never tried to.

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          1 year ago

          I assume that you are right-eye dominant, which would determine firearm preference rather than your manual(?) handedness.

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            I guess writing hand/dominant hand. My dad was right handed and that’s probably just the way I was taught from a young age. One of my high school friends was right handed (afaik) and shot left handed. Having a dominant eye makes sense, like your dominant foot with skateboarding or snowboarding. Interesting to think about