http://www.shiftjournal.com/2009/10/08/lefties/ Neurodiversity: autism and Asperger considered in light of social and evolutionary changes; "autistic" explored as a legitimate way of being in the world. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:31:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shiftjournal.com/2009/10/08/lefties/comment-page-1/#comment-8225 Jon Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:53:41 +0000 http://www.shiftjournal.com/?p=244#comment-8225 The dramatic increases in autism are due to changes in diagnostic criteria and a greater understanding of the condition. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-increase-in-autism-diagnoses-two-hypotheses/ Lefthandness on the otherhand is much easier to diagnose so it is highly unlikely that rates of lefthandedness have increased! The dramatic increases in autism are due to changes in diagnostic criteria and a greater understanding of the condition.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-increase-in-autism-diagnoses-two-hypotheses/
Lefthandness on the otherhand is much easier to diagnose so it is highly unlikely that rates of lefthandedness have increased!

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