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Is being left-handed a handicap? The short and useless answer is "yes and no.".
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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
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July 1, 2008
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- Flatt, Adrian E.
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Certainly in earlier days, sinistrality was a problem for children learning to write. An eminent sinister-handed Dallas plastic surgeon reported: "In parochial summer school the nuns were determined to change me and actually tied my left hand behind my back. The result of this action was tremendous tenacity and endurance! ... We write left to right and smear our fresh ink across the page." He added: "Numerous theories throughout history have claimed that being left-handed causes developmental and immune disorders. It has also been said that left-handers die younger, have more diseases and are even considered inept. None of these theories have been proven" (1).
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