Bill Text: IL HR0205 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares April of 2017 as Autism Awareness Month in the State of Illinois for the purpose of urging both government entities and the citizenry to become aware and educated on the subject of autism spectrum disorders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger [HR0205 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0205-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders can affect all
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3 | individuals regardless of racial, ethnic, economic, or social
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4 | group; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders are more common than
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6 | pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The cause of autism spectrum disorders is still
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8 | unknown, but research strongly suggests that it is caused by
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9 | certain factors that affect brain development; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders have increased tenfold
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11 | in the last decade and now occur in some form in one in 42 boys
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12 | in the United States; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Autism, which is five times more common among boys
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14 | than girls, usually appears during the first three years of
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15 | life; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Early diagnosis, research, training, education,
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17 | and therapies are vital to reducing the effects of autism; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Current research suspects that there is not a
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19 | single cause that will ultimately be discovered, but rather a
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1 | cluster of factors which include genetics, pregnancy/birth
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2 | complications, viral infections, metabolic disorders, | ||||||
3 | congenital
anomaly syndrome (birth defects), and environmental | ||||||
4 | toxins; and
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5 | WHEREAS, In 2003, The Hope Institute for Children and | ||||||
6 | Families worked with the General Assembly to
create The Autism | ||||||
7 | Program of Illinois; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The Autism Program of Illinois has grown to
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9 | the nation's largest statewide network that not only
helps | ||||||
10 | families affected by autism, but also trains educators, and | ||||||
11 | links healthcare providers and others to understand,
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12 | communicate with and support children diagnosed with an autism
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13 | spectrum disorder; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
15 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
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16 | declare April of 2017 as Autism Awareness Month in the State
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17 | Illinois for the purpose of urging both government entities
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18 | the citizenry to become aware and educated on the subject of
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19 | autism spectrum disorders; and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the Autism Program of Illinois.
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