Full Text of HR1143 099th 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, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has | 6 | | stated that 1 in 6 children in the United States has a | 7 | | developmental disability, ranging from mild disabilities such | 8 | | as speech and language impairments to serious developmental | 9 | | disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities, cerebral | 10 | | palsy, and autism; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders are more common than | 12 | | pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Studies in Asia, Europe, and North America have | 14 | | identified individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, with | 15 | | an average prevalence of about 1%; a recent study in South | 16 | | Korea reported a prevalence of 2.6%; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, About 1 in 68 children has been identified with an | 18 | | autism spectrum disorder, according to estimates from CDC's | 19 | | Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The cause of autism spectrum disorders is still |
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| 1 | | unknown, but research strongly suggests that it is caused by | 2 | | certain factors that affect brain development; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders have increased tenfold | 4 | | in the last decade and now occur in some form in 1 in 42 boys in | 5 | | the United States; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Autism, which is five times more common among boys | 7 | | than girls, usually appears during the first three years of | 8 | | life; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Early diagnosis, research, training, education, | 10 | | and therapies are vital to reducing the effects of autism; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Current research suspects that there is not a | 12 | | single cause that will ultimately be discovered, but rather a | 13 | | cluster of factors which include genetics, pregnancy/birth | 14 | | complications, viral infections, metabolic disorders, | 15 | | congenital anomaly syndrome (birth defects), and environmental | 16 | | toxins; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | designate April of 2016 as Autism Awareness Month in the State | 20 | | of Illinois for the purpose of urging both government entities | 21 | | and the citizenry to become aware and educated on the subject |
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| 1 | | of autism spectrum disorders.
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