Full Text of HR1155 96th General Assembly
HR1155 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder can affect all | 3 |
| individuals regardless of racial, ethnic, economic, and social | 4 |
| groups; and
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| WHEREAS, Autism Spectrum Disorder is more common than | 6 |
| pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined; and
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| WHEREAS, Early diagnosis, research, training, education, | 19 |
| and therapies are vital to reducing the effects of Autism; and
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| 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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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| designate April 28, 2010 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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