April Services News

National Autism Awareness Month
On March 29, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its estimate of autism prevalence in the United States to 1 in 88 children (1 in 54 boys and 1 in 252 girls). By comparison, this is more children than are affected by diabetes, AIDS, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy or Down syndrome – combined. Autism Speaks' multi-year Ad Council public service advertising campaign stresses the importance of recognizing the early signs of autism and seeking early intervention services. Learn the signs here. To review a list of Waggoner library books, videos and DVDs relating to autism, Click here

In April we celebrate National Poetry Month when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Come by Waggoner and check out a volume of poetry.

National Humor Month (also celebrated in April) was founded in 1976 by best-selling humorist Larry Wilde, Director of The Carmel Institute of Humor. It is designed to heighten public awareness on how the joy and therapeutic value of laughter can improve health, boost morale, increase communication skills and enrich the quality of one's life. Read the Joke of the Day or peruse a list of books and resources about application of humor in your organization by clicking here

On April 20, Waggoner hosts the Trevecca Authors Celebration where we recognize the scholarly publishing of our faculty and administrators. Scholarly works include books, essays, journal articles, conference proceedings, original writings [poetry, short fiction, choral music...] published within the 2011-2012 school year. Works are displayed in the library as well as listed on the library website.

Waggoner Books and Resources

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New book!

Autism's False Prophets: Bad science, risky medicine, and the search for a cure is a work by Paul A. Offit, M.D., the chief of Infectious Diseases and Dir. of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as well as Professor of Vaccinology and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. All royalties from the sale of this book are donated to the Autism Science Foundation. Dr. Offit's book
"is a compelling story of heart-broken parents, understandably desperate for an explanation of autism, being taken in by false hopes unsupported by genuine science...Are public policies to be determined by evidence and reason or by emotions that, however intense they may be, have nothing to do with reality?"- Susan Jacoby, author of The Age of American Unreason.
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