Bill Text: IL HR0253 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares May 14, 2017 as "Apraxia Awareness Day" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Resolution Adopted [HR0253 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0253-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) causes children | ||||||
| 3 | to have extreme difficulty in planning
and producing the | ||||||
| 4 | precise, highly-refined, and specific series of movements of | ||||||
| 5 | the
tongue, lips, jaw, and palate that are necessary for the | ||||||
| 6 | production of proper speech; it is one of the most severe | ||||||
| 7 | speech and communication problems in children; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Every
child should be afforded his or her best | ||||||
| 9 | opportunity to develop his or her speech, and with early
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| 10 | intervention and appropriate therapy, most children with CAS | ||||||
| 11 | will learn to communicate
with their very own voices; while
the | ||||||
| 12 | act of learning to speak comes effortlessly to most children, | ||||||
| 13 | those with apraxia
require years of intensive speech therapy | ||||||
| 14 | and face a lengthy struggle to learn to communicate, and | ||||||
| 15 | although not life-threatening, the disorder is life-altering | ||||||
| 16 | as families are left to cope with
the emotional, physical, and | ||||||
| 17 | financial challenges of having a child diagnosed with CAS; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Apraxia Connection and Silent Stars | ||||||
| 19 | Foundation, along with
the national organization, the | ||||||
| 20 | Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America, are
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| 21 | part of a local, State, and national effort to bring awareness | ||||||
| 22 | to CAS, and are
speaking up for children who do not have a | ||||||
| 23 | voice; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, These children, as well as their families, deserve | ||||||
| 2 | our highest
respect for their effort, determination, and | ||||||
| 3 | resilience in the face of such obstacles; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 6 | declare May 14, 2017 as "Apraxia Awareness Day" in the State of | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois to bring attention to one of the most severe speech | ||||||
| 8 | and communication problems in children; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of | ||||||
| 11 | North America.
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