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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The month of April is designated nationally and | ||||||
3 | internationally as Autism Awareness Month; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) affect a growing | ||||||
5 | number of Illinois residents and their families; and
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6 | WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control, the | ||||||
7 | prevalence of ASDs has increased from 1 in 150 just a few years | ||||||
8 | ago to 1 in 88 today; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Based on these figures, more than 30,000 school | ||||||
10 | age children in Illinois have an Autism Spectrum Disorder; and
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11 | WHEREAS, In 2003, to improve our State's response to | ||||||
12 | autism, the Illinois General Assembly passed Public Act 93-395, | ||||||
13 | creating The Autism Program of Illinois (TAP); and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, TAP brings together universities and nonprofit | ||||||
15 | organizations from across Illinois to implement a system of | ||||||
16 | care for those with an ASD; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Over the past 10 years, TAP has grown and | ||||||
18 | developed into the largest statewide autism resource and | ||||||
19 | service network in the nation; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, TAP currently operates centers or other programs | ||||||
2 | in partnership with the University of Illinois - | ||||||
3 | Urbana/Champaign, the University of Illinois - Chicago, | ||||||
4 | Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, | ||||||
5 | Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Easter Seals Rockford, | ||||||
6 | Easter Seals Peoria/Bloomington, RCADD - Chicago, Trinity | ||||||
7 | Services, Kreider Services, the Charleston Transitional | ||||||
8 | Facility, UCP Heartland, FASTT - Maryville, Little Friends, | ||||||
9 | Inc., Have Dreams, and the Hope Institute; and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, TAP has provided direct services to more than | ||||||
11 | 7,000 Illinois families and trained more than 61,000 family | ||||||
12 | members, educators, health care providers, day care providers, | ||||||
13 | and first responders; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, The TAP service model has been validated by | ||||||
15 | researchers at Baylor University; many major national | ||||||
16 | organizations have sought partnership with TAP; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Despite TAP's many accomplishments, there remains | ||||||
18 | much unmet need, with more work to be done in Illinois; | ||||||
19 | therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
21 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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1 | we congratulate the members of TAP and its many partners on the | ||||||
2 | occasion of its 10th anniversary and pledge our continuing | ||||||
3 | support to Illinois families impacted by autism.
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