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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders can affect all | ||||||
| 3 | individuals regardless of racial, ethnic, economic, and social | ||||||
| 4 | groups; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, About 1 in 6 children in the United States had a | ||||||
| 6 | developmental disability in the period of 2006-2008, ranging | ||||||
| 7 | from mild disabilities such as speech and language impairments | ||||||
| 8 | to serious developmental disabilities, such as intellectual | ||||||
| 9 | disabilities, cerebral palsy, and autism; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders are more common than | ||||||
| 11 | pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Studies in Asia, Europe, and North America have | ||||||
| 13 | identified individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, with | ||||||
| 14 | an average prevalence of about 1%; a recent study in South | ||||||
| 15 | Korea reported a prevalence of 2.6%; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, About 1 in 88 children has been identified with an | ||||||
| 17 | autism spectrum disorder, according to estimates from CDC's | ||||||
| 18 | Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, The cause of autism spectrum disorders is still | ||||||
| 20 | unknown, but research strongly suggests that it is caused by | ||||||
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| 1 | certain factors that affect brain development; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders have increased tenfold | ||||||
| 3 | in the last decade and now occurs in some form in 1 in 54 boys | ||||||
| 4 | in the United States; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Autism, which is five times more common among boys | ||||||
| 6 | than girls, usually appears during the first three years of | ||||||
| 7 | life; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Early diagnosis, research, training, education, | ||||||
| 9 | and therapies are vital to reducing the effects of autism; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Current research suspects that there is not a | ||||||
| 11 | single cause that will ultimately be discovered, but rather a | ||||||
| 12 | cluster of factors which include genetics, pregnancy/birth | ||||||
| 13 | complications, viral infections, metabolic disorders, | ||||||
| 14 | congenital anomaly syndrome (birth defects), and environmental | ||||||
| 15 | toxins; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we designate the date of April 17, 2013 as Autism Day in the | ||||||
| 19 | State of Illinois for the purpose of urging both government | ||||||
| 20 | entities and the citizenry to become aware and educated on the | ||||||
| 21 | subject of autism spectrum disorders.
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