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Left-Handers Day History
On 13th August 1992 the Club launched International Left-Handers Day, an annual event when left-handers everywhere can celebrate their sinistrality and increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed. This event is now celebrated worldwide, and in the U.K. alone there were over 20 regional events to mark the day in 2001- including left-v-right sports matches, a left-handed tea party, pubs using left-handed corkscrews where patrons drank and played pub games with the left hand only, and nationwide "Lefty Zones" where left-handers creativity, adaptability and sporting prowess were celebrated, whilst right-handers were encouraged to try out everyday left-handed objects to see just how awkward it can feel using the wrong equipment!
These events have contributed more than anything else to the general awareness of the difficulties and frustrations left-handers experience in everyday life, and have successfully led to improved product design and greater consideration of our needs by the right-handed majority - although there is still a long way to go!!
The Left-Handers Club
The Left-Handers Club was formed in 1990 aiming to keep members in touch with developments, make their views known to manufacturers and others, provide a help & advice line, to promote research into left-handedness and development of new left-handed items.
Since its formation the Club has gone from strength to strength with members all over the world and is highly regarded as the foremost pressure group and advice centre on all aspects of left-handedness.
28th June 2009 - 12:26pm
If your left-handed then your truly special!
25th June 2009 - 10:00am
Of course I am lefthanded. My father (righthanded) fought for my lefthandedness. Here's the list of lefties in the family: my ex., 2 daughters in law, 1 granddaughter, and 2 grandsons. In the workplace we have a left handed ladies club who meet the last Friday of the month. Being lefthanded! It doesn't get better that this!
17th June 2009 - 1:37am
hi im left handed and dam pround. i love being a lefty.!!!
29th May 2009 - 7:24am
Hi does any body out there who know where (we) us left handed people can buy a great left handed digital camera from into days terms thanks Tim.
24th May 2009 - 12:05am
hey im 14 and the only lefty on my softball. I love it! i even love being the only lefty in all my classes *except science*. ya everyone asks me why and how i write with my left and i ask them why they think with the left side of their brain. i even think different then them most of the time, like having creative ideas for projects and different ways to mix up songs in chorus! i like being unique and thats hard to do when you have a identical twin sister most of the time but we dont even have the same personality or dress the same at all
23rd May 2009 - 9:29pm
Hi, I'm from venezuela I'm 13 years, my name is Gabriela. The official language of my country is Spanish but I learn English so.. The left handers rockss
15th May 2009 - 8:02pm
Hi, I'm Amy and I'm left handed and born on August 13th!!! :D
from the UK by the way
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13th May 2009 - 10:27am
Are you sure it is only 10% of the population!!!!!
5th May 2009 - 1:43am
hi,i'm leezz and i'm fom romania.I'm lefthander and i'm happy cuz...just cuz i'm :)
28th April 2009 - 3:43pm
hola, quisiera comentar acerca de pas personas que manejamos las dos manos, debido a un tonto prejuicio desde niña me enseñaron a escribir con la derecha pero para otras funciones me valgo de la izquierda, que confucion no.
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