Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sphinx.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!cjdb From: cjdb@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Charles Blair) Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.social Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness Message-ID: <991@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 09:52:24 EDT Article-I.D.: sphinx.991 Posted: Fri Aug 16 09:52:24 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 04:27:27 EDT References: <127@unc.unc.UUCP> <464@petrus.UUCP>, <301@harvard.ARPA> Organization: U. Chicago - Computation Center Lines: 12 Xref: watmath net.med:2078 net.kids:1672 net.social:892 > Changing, or attempting to change, a child's handedness is > the priciple cause of childhood stuttering and similar speech > impediments. Other problems that come up are writing defects, > especially lousy handwriting . . . I had not wanted to comment on this subject, since my opinions are based on observation, rather than on "expert" opinion. But since someone has been bold enough to make the above statement (whether based on observation or "expert" opinion is not clear), I will second it: my mother-in-law has a slight stammer (it surfaces when she is feeling nervous with people) as well as bad handwriting. She is a natural "lefty" who early on was forced to write "righty."