Full Text of HR0314 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders can affect all | 3 | | individuals regardless of racial, ethnic, economic, and social | 4 | | groups; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, About 1 in 7 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
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders are more common than | 11 | | pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined; and
| 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
| 16 | | WHEREAS, About 1 in 68 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 42 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
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | designate April of 2015 and 2016 as Autism Awareness Month in | 19 | | the 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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