Full Text of SR1053 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The month of April is designated nationally and | 3 | | internationally as Autism Awareness Month; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) affect a growing | 5 | | number of Illinois residents and their families; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control, the | 7 | | prevalence of ASDs has increased from 1 in 150 just a few years | 8 | | ago to 1 in 88 today; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Based on these figures, more than 30,000 school | 10 | | age children in Illinois have an Autism Spectrum Disorder; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 2003, to improve our State's response to | 12 | | autism, the Illinois General Assembly passed Public Act 93-395, | 13 | | creating The Autism Program of Illinois (TAP); and | 14 | | WHEREAS, TAP brings together universities and nonprofit | 15 | | organizations from across Illinois to implement a system of | 16 | | care for those with an ASD; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Over the past 10 years, TAP has grown and | 18 | | developed into the largest statewide autism resource and | 19 | | service network in the nation; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, TAP currently operates centers or other programs | 2 | | in partnership with the University of Illinois - | 3 | | Urbana/Champaign, the University of Illinois - Chicago, | 4 | | Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, | 5 | | Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Easter Seals Rockford, | 6 | | Easter Seals Peoria/Bloomington, RCADD - Chicago, Trinity | 7 | | Services, Kreider Services, the Charleston Transitional | 8 | | Facility, UCP Heartland, FASTT - Maryville, Little Friends, | 9 | | Inc., Have Dreams, and the Hope Institute; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, TAP has provided direct services to more than | 11 | | 7,000 Illinois families and trained more than 61,000 family | 12 | | members, educators, health care providers, day care providers, | 13 | | and first responders; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The TAP service model has been validated by | 15 | | researchers at Baylor University; many major national | 16 | | organizations have sought partnership with TAP; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Despite TAP's many accomplishments, there remains | 18 | | much unmet need, with more work to be done in Illinois; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the date |
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| 1 | | of April 2, 2014 as World Autism Awareness Day in the State of | 2 | | Illinois; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That we congratulate the members of TAP and its | 4 | | many partners for their dedicated service to the families of | 5 | | Illinois and pledge our continuing support to Illinois families | 6 | | impacted by autism.
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