Is there a link?

[*Efjay*]

Glenn is left handed & we have concerns about his speech development. While talking with the person who is going to do an assessment on his development I mentioned he is left hand but fobbed off saying it & said "not that that really has anything to do with speech" & she said ah well, no always, it could mean something.
What could it mean? She didn't go into it, after all it was just a phone cal to make an appointment.

But now I am curious.

[visitor1]

My neice (aged 9) and nephew (aged 6) are both left handed. Both have speech problems. However....the 9yo has dyspraxia (sp?) so i dont think there is a link there.... my other neice (aged 12) is right handed and no problems.

The 6yo has alot of problems. Not sure if there is a link at all...but wanted to share that experiance with you.

mum is left handed and never had any problems speech wise...well none she has ever mentioned.

[Trillian]

I'm left handed and never had speech problems, nor did any of the lefties I went to school with. When you think about it, only 9% of the population are left handed, and there would be far more than that with speech problems as children. There may be a link, but his speech issues may have a different cause.

[Feathertop]

It's a brain hemisphere thing, I'm not sure why this sometimes occurs. Don't fret, left handed people often have a wonderful ability to mix the intellectual with the instinctive, art with science - what an interesting person he is likely to turn out to be!!!