Bill Text: IL HR0663 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates April 24, 2012, as Autism Lobby Day in the State of Illinois.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-09 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady [HR0663 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0663-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder can affect all | ||||||
| 3 | individuals regardless of racial, ethnic, economic, and social | ||||||
| 4 | groups; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder is more common than | ||||||
| 6 | pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, It is diagnosed in 1 in 110 individuals in the | ||||||
| 8 | United States based on the 2007 CDC statistics; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder is still | ||||||
| 10 | unknown but research strongly suggests that it is caused by | ||||||
| 11 | certain factors that affect brain development; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder has increased tenfold in | ||||||
| 13 | the last decade and now occurs in some form in 1 in 90 boys in | ||||||
| 14 | the United States; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Autism, which is four times more common in boys | ||||||
| 16 | than girls, usually appears during the first three years of | ||||||
| 17 | life; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Early diagnosis, research, training, education, | ||||||
| 19 | and therapies are vital to reducing the effects of Autism; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Current research suspects that there is not a | ||||||
| 2 | single cause that will ultimately be discovered but rather a | ||||||
| 3 | cluster of factors which include genetics, pregnancy/birth | ||||||
| 4 | complications, viral infections, metabolic disorders, | ||||||
| 5 | congenital anomaly syndrome (birth defects), and environmental | ||||||
| 6 | toxins; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | we designate April 24, 2012 as Autism Lobby Day in the State of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois for the purpose of urging both government and its | ||||||
| 11 | citizenry to become aware and educated on the subject of Autism | ||||||
| 12 | Spectrum Disorders.
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