![Coco is an at least 10 year old weighted stuffed animal owned by Alexis Simmerman. When placed on a persons lap, they help calm them down and create a motor input for the more hyper of body.](https://lhslance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0745-e1649947751630-900x675.jpg)
Occupational Therapy: more than just “fun and games”
by Alexis Simmerman, Editor
• April 14, 2022
![Author Alexis Simmerman, demonstrates that masks make it hard to decipher emotions from one another, much like how autism and ADHD does.](https://lhslance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/masking-emotions-picture-900x506.jpg)
An atypical opinion: I’ll keep my mask, thank you.
by Alexis Simmerman, Editor
• March 17, 2022
![Four LHS students were choosen as county winners.](https://lhslance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/yac-image-1-900x506.jpg)
Lancer Spotlight 2/8/22: Four win county Young Authors Contest
by Alexis Simmerman, Editor
• February 8, 2022
![Seniors Georgia Enos and Alexis Simmerman work together on the layout of the upcoming 2022 yearbook.](https://lhslance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_5869-900x675.jpeg)
Lancer Spotlight 9/9/21: Publishing gets candid with the process of creating the 2022 yearbook
by Madeline Hull, Editor In Chief
• September 9, 2021
![There are a number of autistic characters, such as Julia (Sesame Street), Entrapta (She-ra), Sherlock Holmes, Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory), Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor), Symmetra (Overwatch), Astrid Farnsworth (Fringe), and Max Jerry Horovitz (Mary and Max)](https://lhslance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Autism-Character-Alexis-Story-900x506.jpg)
A distorted media mirror: We need better autism role models in television, film
by Alexis Simmerman, Reporter
• April 21, 2021
![Alexis Simmerman has a number of stress toys and objects, including a pair of earmuffs, a ball of magnetic studs, two rubix cubes (one pyramid shaped) a necklace, a goo toy, a fuzzy ball, and a broken watch.](https://lhslance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alexisstresstoys-e1616003615768-900x675.jpg)
#spreadtheword “Inclusion” not so effective for this atypical student
by Alexis Simmerman, Reporter
• March 22, 2021
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