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From: cjdb@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Charles Blair)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.social
Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 09:52:24 EDT
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> 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."