Products for lefties: small big advances

21/03/2018

Between 10 and 15% of the inhabitants of the earth are left-handed. In Spain, 12% use their left hand or foot by default when doing daily tasks, which means more than five million people.
The highest rate of left-handers is found in primary school, where it reaches 10%, since they are not currently required to write with the right hand as was done in the 60s. However, despite this progress, many remain for giving ...

Although people with an innate tendency to use the left part of the body are a minority, almost all of us have coincided at some time with a left-handed person, especially in our childhood. Activities that for the rest are an easy task such as sharpening a pencil, cutting out a piece of paper, writing on a desk chair ... for lefties it can be quite an odyssey.
In addition, we must take into account the false myths, beliefs and superstitions that for years have negatively influenced the lives of left-handers.

According to the latest study carried out by experts from the Ruhr University of Bochum, in Germany, he points out that although this ability originates in the development within the womb, the cause is not the brain but the spinal cord.

These researchers observed that at eight weeks of pregnancy, genetic differences are already seen between left-handed and right-handed. The expression of certain genes of the spinal cord that are responsible for controlling the movement of the upper and lower extremities, is different for each of these groups.
Despite the fact that the left hand is no longer tied to the back as it was years ago, being left-handed is still a handicap. One of the great challenges is to achieve an educational system that takes into account the specific needs of students with left-handedness. In the classes, right-handed and left-handed are treated in the same way when learning to draw, write, ... but they really do difficulties due to the fact that the dominant hand is not the right hand. A task as easy as cutting a paper with the scissors, becomes difficult considering that this tool has the leaves mounted in reverse.

But thanks to advances in the field, there are several tools designed and manufactured for use with the left hand. So, companies like ZURDO.UNIVERSO
specialist in computer science and school and office supplies, has an extensive catalog of tools such as notebooks, scissors, pencil sharpener, pencil, rulers, pencils ... exclusively for left-handers.

A material that, according to experts, it would be convenient to provide to children from four years of age, when you have defined the dominant hand. It is about facilitating educational activities in a decisive stage in the education of the smallest of the house