International Lefthanders Day
August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders International. It was first observed 13 August 1976. As its name suggests, it is meant to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handers in a predominantly right-handed world. It celebrates their uniqueness and difference, who are from seven to ten percent of the world's population. Many left-handed people are discriminated against in today's society, and are forced to use right handed tools, drive on the right side of the road, and even get harassed. International Lefthanders Day is made to end this discrimination.
See also
References
- Flatt, Adrian E. "The sinister handed". FRCS BUMC Proceedings v.12 no.4, October 1999 pp. 267–271
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to International Lefthanders Day.
- Electronic greeting card for International Lefthanders Day at American Greetings
- An Australian Left-Handers website
- A Lefthanders Day website
- Famous Left-Handers
- A 2007 Washington Post Article about the Day
- [1] Association of left handers INDIA
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