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APRIL 22, 2016 | VOLUME 79, ISSUE 8 | WWW.ARLINGTONIAN.COM UPPER ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL | 1650 RIDGEVIEW ROAD, UPPER ARLINGTON, OHIO 43221 AUTISM AWARENESS Administration focuses on improving special education program Bricker & Eckler LLP Serving the City Serving the School District Celebrating Excellence We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers. - Helen omas Our law firm is proud to support the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of Upper Arlington High School, including the award-winning student-produced newsmagazine Arlingtonian. shop.com/ uashopping www.bricker.com 2 | APRIL 22, 2016 CONTENTS VOLUME 79, ISSUE 8 • APRIL 22, 2016 5 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Editor-in-Chief encourages students to recognize autism within the community PUBLICATION DESIGN BY JENNY JIAO, KELLY CHIAN NEWS AND ELLISE SHAFER. COVER BY KELLY CHIAN, COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CAROLINE 7 CURRICULUM CHANGES: Changes are being implemented CHIDESTER. CONTENTS BY ELLISE SHAFER AND to the social studies pathway CONTENTS PHOTO BY CHARLOTTE JANES 8 TWELVE JURORS: UACT’s newest play challenges gender norms SPORTS 10 SPORTS RECAP: Winter sports wrap up FEATURES 20 PRIVATE VS. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Is one better than the other? 22 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: An update on nationwide school safety initiatives 23 YAY OR NAY: Student body is polled on trending topics LIFESTYLE 24 SPRING BREAK: Where UAHS students went in late March 26 CAPSTONE PROFILES: Check out the projects of seniors Nick Amore, Madison Clark, Joe Levitt and Mia Smith OP/ED 27 OHIO PRIMARIES: Columnist shares her experience voting for the first time 28 ALBUM REVIEWS: Matt Corby’s “Telluric” and Zayn’s “Mind of Mine” are reviewed 29 VETERANS: Guest columnist sheds light on those who have fought for our country 30 8 IN 8: If you were able to go anywhere in the world, where would you go? CARTOONS: Talented UAHS artists share their cartoons AUTISM AWARENESS 31 STAFF EDITORIAL: Staff questions UAHS’ preparedness for a school shooting 15 Highlighting UAHS’ Special Education Department in celebration of Autism Awareness month 17 The Gender Gap: New research brings attention to the relationship between autism and gender 18 Autism Speaks Under Scrutiny: Top organization investigated Friend us on Facebook Visit us at www.arlingtonian.com and follow us on Twitter ARLIngtonIAN | 3 Kingsdale Gynecologic Associates Promoting health and wellness for women in Upper Arlington for over 50 years. For an appointment, please call (614) 457-4827. UPGRADE FREE TOPPING ONE DRINK TWO DRINK FREE DRINK! your drink* with any drink! Get a large drink for the price of a medium. GET ONE FREE DRINK *Only for cold drinks. Not valid for yogurt drinks. with the purchase of two drinks! 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They often don’t process WRITING STAFF information the same way I do or react to NEWS EDITOR environmental stimuli like I do. Olivia Van Arsdale He also taught me a word: neurodiversity. It’s SPORTS EDITOR actually a movement to restructure how we as Cole Pirwitz a society approach autism spectrum disorder. It FEATURES EDITOR tells us that the goal isn’t necessarily to make his Maeve O’Brien brain work like mine does, even though I’m labeled OP/ED EDITOR ‘neurotypical.’ It tells us that in the attempt to find McDaniel Hartranft common ground, he shouldn’t be the only one STAFF WRITER trying to grasp how other people think. Alayna Press He summed it up better than I ever could. He said, VISUALS STAFF “Everyone needs to take steps to understand each ARTS EDITOR other, across all ends of neurodiversity, so as to create Caroline Chidester an environment where everyone is welcome.” PHOTOGRAPHERS A little over a year ago, I met a boy who had We should all be taking this perspective to heart. Elaina Downey Charlotte Janes Asperger’s, a more mild condition on the autism Respecting those with ASD should mean more than being nice or even contributing to help them Sarah Martin spectrum. I say that he was a boy with autism and Tom Weimer not an autistic boy because he is a person first, a with their various difficulties with communication or the like. Respecting those with ASD should also BUSINESS STAFF boy first. BUSINESS MANAGER This boy opened up my mind. mean trying to understand not just their indicators, Lindsey Shi but their eccentricities and their minds. It should be He was incredibly intelligent, but his brain worked COMMUNICATIONS differently than mine does, which is something that’s about recognizing that their minds may not be as COORDINATOR hard to grasp. He was able to focus and read about disabled as we think, they may just be different. Ashley McCartney and understand many abstract concepts, some CONTRIBUTORS topics that hurt my brain a little just to think about. ADVISER He also would get very excited about certain events Carol Hemmerly or topics of discussion and his eyes would light up PRINTING REP and he would use his whole body to explain to you Jenny Jiao Andy Leitch, Fine Line Graphics what he was thinking and why it was important. Editor in Chief Thank you to our Donors! 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