"Handedness holds clues to unlocking the brain's secrets"

[Cindy]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1104Lefty1104.html

This article appeared in our paper yesterday and included the following:

"Lefthandedness is connected to a lot of neurodevelopmental disorders," says Daniel Geschwind, a UCLA expert in neurobehavioral genetics. People with autism and schizophrenia are more likely to be lefthanded, he says. "But with that risk, there is also gain."

I'm wondering if that is the case with our kids/loved ones on  the spectrum.

My oldest is a lefty all the way, the youngest does everything except throw with his left.

[Jen]

I don't know- my youngest (autism) eats and writes righthanded and does everything else lefty (his dad is a lefty-mirror twin) and our oldest (aspergers) went both ways equally until kindergarten and then just went right. 
I do know that  three incredible therapists in our lives right now who are multi talented and very holistic in their approaches are all lefties- I tease them about it (what that says about their brains!!) all the time!
Thanks for sharing!