Full Text of HR0231 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder can affect any | 3 | | individual regardless of racial, ethnic,
economic, or social | 4 | | group; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, About one in 6 children in the U.S. had a | 6 | | developmental disability in 2006-2008,
ranging from mild | 7 | | disabilities such as speech and language impairments to serious
| 8 | | developmental disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities, | 9 | | cerebral palsy, and autism; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder is 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 an | 14 | | average prevalence of about 1%; a recent study in South
Korea | 15 | | reported a prevalence of 2.6%; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, About one in 88 children has been identified with | 17 | | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
according to estimates from | 18 | | CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM)
| 19 | | Network; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder is still |
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| 1 | | unknown; the research strongly
suggests that it is caused by | 2 | | certain factors that affect brain development; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder has increased tenfold in | 4 | | the last decade and now occurs
in some form in one in 54 boys in | 5 | | the United States; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Autism, which is 5 times more common among boys | 7 | | than girls, usually appears
during the first 3 years of life; | 8 | | 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-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we designate April 17, 2013, as
Autism Day in the State of | 20 | | Illinois to urge both government and its citizenry to become | 21 | | aware and educated on the subject of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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