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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder can affect any | ||||||
| 3 | individual regardless of racial, ethnic,
economic, or social | ||||||
| 4 | group; and
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| 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
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| 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)
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| 19 | Network; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Early diagnosis, research, training, education, | ||||||
| 10 | and therapies are vital to reducing the
effects of Autism; and
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| 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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