Bill Text: IL HR0643 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares the month of March 2024 as Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-02 - Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions [HR0643 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0643-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, There are nearly one million people living with | ||||||
| 3 | cerebral palsy in the United States; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Cerebral palsy is a group of neurological | ||||||
| 5 | disorders affecting motor and developmental skills, and it is | ||||||
| 6 | neither a genetic nor contagious condition; rather, it is | ||||||
| 7 | caused due to brain damage or abnormal brain development | ||||||
| 8 | during gestation, birth, or soon thereafter; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The symptoms of cerebral palsy vary greatly from | ||||||
| 10 | individual to individual, and 75% of individuals with cerebral | ||||||
| 11 | palsy also have one or more developmental disabilities, | ||||||
| 12 | including epilepsy, intellectual disability, autism, visual | ||||||
| 13 | impairment, or blindness; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Cerebral palsy is the most common motor | ||||||
| 15 | disability in children; according to the Centers for Disease | ||||||
| 16 | Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 in 345 children | ||||||
| 17 | in the United States have been diagnosed with cerebral palsy; | ||||||
| 18 | and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, In 2006, National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month | ||||||
| 20 | was established by Reaching for the Stars (RFTS), a non-profit | ||||||
| 21 | educational advocacy group led by parent volunteers under the | ||||||
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| 1 | guidance of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation; the observance is | ||||||
| 2 | held annually in March to provide an educational opportunity | ||||||
| 3 | for those outside the cerebral palsy community to learn about | ||||||
| 4 | the condition and about life with cerebral palsy; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month further | ||||||
| 6 | encourages individuals to consider ways to be more inclusive | ||||||
| 7 | towards those who live with the condition; most importantly, | ||||||
| 8 | the observance allows people to learn how they can become | ||||||
| 9 | long-term allies of the cerebral palsy community; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day is also | ||||||
| 11 | observed every year on March 25th; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we declare the month of March 2024 as Cerebral Palsy Awareness | ||||||
| 15 | Month in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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