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Well Marjorie, Murray and list...it really does make one wonder! I too am the only one in the family who is left handed and who has PD. I did/do not have dyslexia (that I know of), but often transpose numbers and have difficulty knowing my left from right (ie when giving directiions).....also I always read magazines from back to front...!?! Kelly in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Marjorie L. Moorefield <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 10:14 AM Subject: Dyslexia & mirror writing > Murray, > As I child I had the same problem with mirror writing. > I started on the right side of the paper > and wrote to the left. I am left handed also. > I could read it just fine, and for the life of me I couldn't understand > why anyone had a problem reading it. > Liked to drove my teacher crazy. Finally my Daddy told me the > teacher had a problem reading it, so could I please write so the > teacher could read it??? > No Problem!!!!! > I can still read backwords almost a fast as I'm able to read > forwards, and I still have problems transposing numbers, > not words. I have always > blamed it on being left handed, not dyslexia, a word unheard > of when I started to school in 1937. > > I am the only one in my family who is left handed and also the > only one with PD!!! > > It does make one wonder doesn't it? > > > > > > > > > At 12:32 AM 03/18/2000 -0500, Murray Charters wrote: > >Hi All, > >It appears from the responses so far (many offline as well) that there > >is no reason to think there might be any link between my childhood > >dyslexia and (later on) my early onset PD... > > >clip> > > > >I was dyslexic as a child... When I first gripped a pencil in my chubby > >fist, my mother learned that I was left handed first, and dyslexic, second. > >Fortunately for me, my mother and my older sister spent hours with me > >every day for a few years teaching me the difference between correct > >lettering and the mirror image letters that were automatic to me... > > > >Thankyou all for your support ............... murray > >[log in to unmask] >