Left-handedness

Left-handedness is not a disease. It is not a disorder, not a deviation, not a defect — it is a form of expression, the way a person makes contact with their world. And yet for centuries it was treated as exactly that: a deviation in need of correction.

Approximately one in ten people is left-handed. That is not a minority existing on the margins — it is a constant part of human diversity, across all cultures, all epochs, all societies. The left-handed person reaches into life with the left hand. They write, paint, throw, cut, eat with the side that in most others only assists. They live in a world built for right-handers — scissors, door handles, school notebooks, tools, keyboards. And they navigate that world regardless.