Being left-handed: not a disability and no big deal

Max · 08-12-2004, 01:21 PM

Being left-handed: not a disability and no big deal

By Kimberly Gray/The Reporter Lifestyle Editor
The word left-handed has bad connotations partially due to the English language itself. For example, a left-handed compliment is an insult, a left-handed diagnosis is a wrong one, left-handed ships are ships that are unlucky or "wrong" in some way and in Scotland an unlucky person might be defined as being baptized by a left-handed priest.

However, as left-handers will attest to, being left-handed is not wrong and it is not a disability. They are simply a minority. One left-hander, Rosemary West, who has her own Web site on the subject, says that most left-handed people do not struggle because most tools can be used with either the left or right hand and those that are geared toward right-handers, left-handers can easily adapt to them.

West only complains of a lack of left-handed desks in schools and the not-so-great job of computer hardware and software manufacturers of considering that there are left-handed people in the world.

So, being left-handed should not be an obstacle of being successful in the world, especially now when most teachers and parents do not try to force children to write with their right hand when it is not natural
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Chris Chappell · 08-12-2004, 03:49 PM

40 yrs of being a lefty. Teacher in 3rd grade tried to change me to a righty but was unsuccessful.

...come to think of it that may explain a few things...

joshstevens7 · 08-12-2004, 05:30 PM

im proud to be this minority. i have major advantages with being a south paw, and far outweighs the disadvantages

Josh S.

JoJo · 08-12-2004, 07:17 PM

I am I guess what you would call Ambidextrous not sure maybe I'm just weird. I write left-handed bat left-handed shoot a gun left-handed. I do more precise things with my left. Everything else I do right handed, golf, throw, scissors etc.. But I do feel writing left hand has disadvantages ie writing with a marker and getting it all over my hand. lol So I think I am even more of a minority.

JOE

mattblan · 08-12-2004, 08:20 PM

JoJo, I am the exact same way. I write, eat, skateboard, and brush my teeth left handed, but I throw a baseball, play the guitar, and bowl right handed.

McDuff · 08-12-2004, 08:41 PM

Lefty's rule, it just costs us more for our tools. Do y'all look at wristwatches to see what "handed" people are? Usually worn on the non-dominant side.

McD

"Rather be ridin' than rollin'"

Obieone · 08-12-2004, 09:24 PM

Hey .... cool ... I'm a lefty too .....

Obieone

P.S. But you probably guessed that!

Lizbv · 08-12-2004, 10:11 PM

I was left handed b4 sci, now, I am right handed and had to learn how to write again, eat, hold things etc with my right hand, as it has more function (c6) than c5 left.

Will you still accept me as a "left handed genius"?

Hey wait!........Left handers have rights too!

TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF MY MOJO
More than a Woman

gettinup · 08-13-2004, 08:27 AM

I write and eat lefty....everything else righty.

Chris Chappell · 08-13-2004, 08:49 AM

McDuff - I hear ya on the watch thing.

Liz - yeah, me too. Since I had tendon transfer surgery on my right hand I tend to use it more for grasp, etc. My left is more C6. My right more C7.

08-12-2004, 01:21 PM	#1
Max Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Montreal,Province of Quebec, CANADA Posts: 15,036	Being left-handed: not a disability and no big deal Being left-handed: not a disability and no big deal By Kimberly Gray/The Reporter Lifestyle Editor The word left-handed has bad connotations partially due to the English language itself. For example, a left-handed compliment is an insult, a left-handed diagnosis is a wrong one, left-handed ships are ships that are unlucky or "wrong" in some way and in Scotland an unlucky person might be defined as being baptized by a left-handed priest. However, as left-handers will attest to, being left-handed is not wrong and it is not a disability. They are simply a minority. One left-hander, Rosemary West, who has her own Web site on the subject, says that most left-handed people do not struggle because most tools can be used with either the left or right hand and those that are geared toward right-handers, left-handers can easily adapt to them. West only complains of a lack of left-handed desks in schools and the not-so-great job of computer hardware and software manufacturers of considering that there are left-handed people in the world. So, being left-handed should not be an obstacle of being successful in the world, especially now when most teachers and parents do not try to force children to write with their right hand when it is not natural http://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/ar...news/news6.txt

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08-12-2004, 03:49 PM	#2
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 6,608	40 yrs of being a lefty. Teacher in 3rd grade tried to change me to a righty but was unsuccessful. ...come to think of it that may explain a few things...

08-12-2004, 05:30 PM	#3
joshstevens7 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,080	im proud to be this minority. i have major advantages with being a south paw, and far outweighs the disadvantages Josh S.

08-12-2004, 07:17 PM	#4
JoJo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MI Posts: 124	I am I guess what you would call Ambidextrous not sure maybe I'm just weird. I write left-handed bat left-handed shoot a gun left-handed. I do more precise things with my left. Everything else I do right handed, golf, throw, scissors etc.. But I do feel writing left hand has disadvantages ie writing with a marker and getting it all over my hand. lol So I think I am even more of a minority. JOE

08-12-2004, 08:20 PM	#5
mattblan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: N. California Posts: 1,095	JoJo, I am the exact same way. I write, eat, skateboard, and brush my teeth left handed, but I throw a baseball, play the guitar, and bowl right handed.

08-12-2004, 08:41 PM	#6
McDuff Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas area, Tx Posts: 2,639	Lefty's rule, it just costs us more for our tools. Do y'all look at wristwatches to see what "handed" people are? Usually worn on the non-dominant side. McD "Rather be ridin' than rollin'"

08-12-2004, 09:24 PM	#7
Obieone Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Manitoba,Canada Posts: 4,111	Hey .... cool ... I'm a lefty too ..... Obieone P.S. But you probably guessed that!

08-12-2004, 10:11 PM	#8
Lizbv Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,583	I was left handed b4 sci, now, I am right handed and had to learn how to write again, eat, hold things etc with my right hand, as it has more function (c6) than c5 left. Will you still accept me as a "left handed genius"? Hey wait!........Left handers have rights too! TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF MY MOJO More than a Woman

08-13-2004, 08:27 AM	#9
gettinup Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, US Posts: 471	I write and eat lefty....everything else righty.

08-13-2004, 08:49 AM	#10
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 6,608	McDuff - I hear ya on the watch thing. Liz - yeah, me too. Since I had tendon transfer surgery on my right hand I tend to use it more for grasp, etc. My left is more C6. My right more C7.