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Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? on Monday January 01, 2018 @10:02AM (#16046274)
Interesting. I know an autistic person with cerebral folate deficiency who takes medication for it, and it has significantly improved his symptoms. I wouldn't call it a permanent cure, however.

As mentioned, I believe the driver is my facial structure. I know that normally, facial structure is not the cause of a condition, but the muscle tension on my forehead is caused by my facial structure, and I suspect that muscle tension is most likely the cause of the symptoms I face.

Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? on Sunday December 31, 2017 @07:18PM (#16043834)
What I am trying to do is change the contour of my forehead muscles so they don't feel as intense. The forehead muscle has nerves, so it is part of the nervous system.

What led me down this road is I found a study that said that people on the spectrum may have different facial features (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-with-autism-have-disti...). I reasoned my face looks very similar, and then realized that I experienced lots of muscle tension on my forehead.

Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? on Sunday December 31, 2017 @06:42PM (#16043683)
It will have little to no impact on low-functioning autism, unfortunately :(. Researching low functioning autism is far more complicated than the type of research I am doing.

BTW, I am diagnosed as high-functioning, but I am not so high-functioning that I can "pass" for normal or even close to normal in public. That is starting to change though.

Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? on Sunday December 31, 2017 @06:39PM (#16043668)
I have heard about it, but I'm not sure it would help me. Thank you anyway though.
Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? on Sunday December 31, 2017 @04:06PM (#16042989)
Thank you :). The external link was only to source one of the images, so I'm not sure if I should bother replacing it.

I actually know quite a lot about math and science, but my major difficulty is not being able to hold down a career where I have to apply math/science (though I have difficulty staying focused at most jobs that require substantial abstract ability).

In addition to Hooke's law, I simply felt a lot of muscle tension on my forehead growing up. Because I essentially had that feeling from birth though, I didn't consciously notice it until recently.

Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? on Sunday December 31, 2017 @03:10PM (#16042599)
Trying to be the world's first person to be cured from autism. I believe my autism is caused by the shape of my forehead, which puts too much pressure on my muscles. Evidence is here: https://corticalchauvinism.com/2017/11/13/yuval-levental-cra...

Also, I have prepared for a potential surgery by getting botox injections in my forehead muscle. So far, my focus at work has dramatically improved: https://corticalchauvinism.com/2016/10/17/yuval-levental-aut...

Thank you, I also decided to send the results to Massachusetts General Hospital to get a second opinion from one of the world's leading experts on this subject. http://www.massgeneral.org/second-opinions

Ask HN: Is There Something Wrong with the Shape of My Skull?

My skull is on the left of both images:https://corticalchauvinism.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img1.jpghttps://corticalchauvinism.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img3.jpgSome more thoughts and a description of my cognitive difficulties: https://corticalchauvinism.com/2017/11/13/yuval-levental-cranial-deformities-sinus-difficulties-and-autism/

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Ask HN: What do you think about incels?

Basically, the sub https://www.reddit.com/r/Incels/. I don't like it, but considering their very small size, I am curious as to why a large portion of reddit obsesses over them, other than the obvious "they hate women" which shouldn't warrant that much traffic on their little sub. Do they have a hard time acknowledging that some people are biologically undateable?

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