CSU Channel Islands (CI) will show its support for World Autism Awareness Day by lighting the John Spoor Broome Library blue on Thursday, April 2, at 6 p.m. in front of the John Spoor Broome Library.
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The public is invited to bring a picnic lunch and join the fun as the library turns BLUE!
RSVP FOR THE EVENT HERE
The public is invited to bring a picnic lunch and join the fun as the library turns BLUE!
“Light It Up Blue” is a global initiative to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day. On April 2 the international goal is to shine a blue light on communities throughout the world to raise awareness and take action for autism. The event will provide a community resource fair and speeches by students and parents affected by autism. The resource fair will involve groups offering support services from the campus and community, including the Autism Society of Ventura County, regional service providers, and CI’s Disability Resource Programs.
This event also celebrates the unique talents and skills of people with autism and warmly welcomes autistic individuals, their families and anyone in the community who wishes to learn more.
Participants will receive free, blue light bulbs and glow sticks, while supplies last.
This event also celebrates the unique talents and skills of people with autism and warmly welcomes autistic individuals, their families and anyone in the community who wishes to learn more.
Participants will receive free, blue light bulbs and glow sticks, while supplies last.
The United Nations General Assembly declared April 2 “World Autism Awareness Day” (WAAD) in 2007, with the goal of bringing the world's attention to autism, a pervasive disorder and growing global health concern affecting tens of millions. WAAD activities help to increase and develop world knowledge of the autism crisis and impart information regarding the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention.
“Light It Up Blue” was created by Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization to kick off World Autism Awareness Day and Month. Each year, hundreds of thousands of notable venues and iconic landmarks worldwide join in, ranging from colleges and concert halls to the Empire State Building and Egypt’s Great Pyramids.
Limited parking is available on campus with the purchase of a $6 daily permit; follow signs to the parking permit dispensers.
