Full Text of HR0131 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities | 3 | | Act was signed into law; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Nearly one in five people have a disability in the | 5 | | United States; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Disabilities can be considerably varied; they can | 7 | | be physical, cognitive, intellectual, mental, sensory, or | 8 | | developmental; they can be present at birth or occur during a | 9 | | person's lifetime; they can also be permanent or temporary; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, An intellectual disability may mean difficulty | 11 | | communicating, learning, and retaining information; they | 12 | | include Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi | 13 | | syndrome, and developmental delays; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, A physical disability may affect, either | 15 | | temporarily or permanently, a person's physical capacity and | 16 | | mobility; they include multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, | 17 | | spina bifida, brain or spinal cord injury, epilepsy, and | 18 | | muscular dystrophy; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Sensory disabilities affect one or more senses; | 20 | | sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste, or spatial awareness; they |
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| 1 | | include autism, blindness, and hearing loss; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, A mental illness affects a person's thinking, | 3 | | emotional state and behaviors; they include bipolar disorder, | 4 | | depression, schizophrenia, and eating disorders; therefore, be | 5 | | it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | declare October of 2017 as Disability Awareness Month in the | 9 | | State of Illinois in order to bring attention to the conditions | 10 | | from which so many Americans suffer, and we recognize the work | 11 | | being done by disability advocates; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the Illinois Disability Association.
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