International Left Handers Day is an international day observed annually on August 13 to celebrate the uniqueness and differences of left-handed individuals. The day was first observed in 1976 by Dean R. Campbell, founder of Lefthanders International, Inc.[1][2]
International Lefthanders Day was created to celebrate sinistrality and raise awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed in a predominantly right-handed world. It celebrates left-handed people's uniqueness and differences, a subset of humanity comprising seven to ten percent of the world's population.[3] The day also spreads awareness on issues faced by left-handers, e.g. the importance of the special needs for left-handed children, and the likelihood for left-handers to develop schizophrenia.[4][5]
Several media outlets and commercial associations have made one-off posts and compilations of accomplished left-handed people in recognition of the holiday.[6][7]
Further readingEdit
Flatt, Adrian (October 1999). . FRCS BUMC Proceedings. 12 (4): 267–271. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
O'Brian, Bill (13 August 2006). "For One Minority, a Bias That's Just So Not Right". The Washington Post. from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
ReferencesEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to International Lefthanders Day.
^"International Left-Handers Day: Here Are Some Famous Lefties". NDTV.com. from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
^A 1983 newspaper feature cites that year's observance as the "seventh annual": Waga, Phil. "In the World of Lefties, Nothing Seems Right." Yonkers (NY) Herald-Statesmen, 12 August 1983.
^Scharoun, Sara M.; Bryden, Pamela J. (2014-02-18). "Hand preference, performance abilities, and hand selection in children". Frontiers in Psychology. 5: 82. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00082. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC3927078. PMID 24600414.
^"Left-handed people more likely to have psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia: Yale Study". Yale. 31 October 2013. from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^"The New Neuroscience of Left-Handedness". Psychology Today. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^Left Handers Day - Behind the News, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-21
^Happy National Left-Handers Day!, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-21
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