Lindy Lights It Up Blue For World Autism Awareness Day

Throughout the Lindenhurst School District, staff and students demonstrated their support of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 by taking part in the Autism Speaks “Light It Up Blue” campaign. 

This topic is of great importance to the district, which has had an applied behavior analyst program in place for approximately 17 years.

In 2013, more than 8,400 buildings, landmarks and communities on all seven continents participated in Autism Speaks’ annual Light It Up Blue campaign by turning blue on World Autism Awareness Day. In the Lindenhurst School District, faculty, staff and students wore blue.

This year, the faculty and staff of Daniel Street Elementary School, which supports approximately 50 students with autism in six self-contained special education classrooms, went a step further and celebrated the day by wearing specifically designed blue T-shirts donning colorful puzzle pieces, the symbol that has become synonymous with autism.

According to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, approximately one in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder. This number has increased from last year’s figure of one in 88 children.

Photo courtesy of the Lindenhurst School District