HR0865 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate and thank the founder and employees of A Place for Me for their work in helping families and children affected by autism; and

WHEREAS, A Place for Me is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit foundation founded by Elaine Reeves-Haywood in June of 2002; in creating A Place for Me, she sought to establish an organization that committed to providing services and support to families and children affected by autism; and

WHEREAS, The founder and employees of A Place for Me work diligently to fulfill the organization's mission; among its mission goals are providing support for ongoing parent/child issues, voicing concerns for autism related issues, serving as a community resource, providing training and support on various autism-related topics, providing educational assistance to regular and special education students, helping to make and use appropriate visual support to enhance the learning styles of students, helping others to use social stories and role playing to teaching social concepts, helping to educating parents of the laws and their rights regarding autism, and providing social and recreational opportunities; and

WHEREAS, A Place for Me has put forth great efforts in raising the awareness of autism in the community; the organization has conducted numerous education workshops, IEP support sessions, and individual parent training sessions with visual aids; the organization has also presented numerous workshops and sponsored several family outings to promote autism awareness, widen inclusion and social interaction of autistic children, and create environments where autistic children can feel comfortable; and

WHEREAS, The great work done by A Place for Me on the behalf of autistic children throughout the State is worthy of the greatest respect; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the founder and employees of A Place for Me for their work in helping families and children affected by autism and wish them continued success and happiness in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Elaine Reeves-Haywood as a symbol of our esteem and respect.