Full Text of SR0270 100th General Assembly
SR0270 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0270 | | LRB100 11619 MST 22346 r |
|
| 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 and | 7 | | Prevention, the prevalence of ASDs has increased from one in
| 8 | | 150 children as of 2002, to one in 68 children today; based on | 9 | | these figures, more than 40,000 school-age children in Illinois | 10 | | have an ASD; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 2003, to improve the State's response to | 12 | | autism, Illinois passed Public Act 93-395, which created The | 13 | | 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 ASD; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Over the past 14 years, TAP has developed into the | 18 | | largest statewide autism
resource and service network in the | 19 | | nation; and |
| | | SR0270 | - 2 - | LRB100 11619 MST 22346 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, TAP currently operates centers or other programs | 2 | | in partnership with the University of
Illinois Chicago, | 3 | | Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, | 4 | | Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago-Rockford
Service Center, | 5 | | Easter Seals Central Illinois, RCADD - Chicago, Trinity | 6 | | Services, Kreider Services,
the CTF Illinois, Little Friends | 7 | | Inc., Have Dreams, and the Hope Institute for Children and | 8 | | Families; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, TAP has provided direct services to more than | 10 | | 8,500 Illinois families and trained more than
88,000 family | 11 | | members, educators, health care providers, day care providers, | 12 | | and first responders; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The TAP service model has been validated by | 14 | | researchers at Baylor University with many
major national | 15 | | organizations seeking partnership with TAP; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Despite TAP's many accomplishments, there remain | 17 | | unmet needs, and much
work needs to be done in Illinois; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate April 2, | 21 | | 2017 as World Autism Awareness Day in the State of Illinois; | 22 | | and be it further |
| | | SR0270 | - 3 - | LRB100 11619 MST 22346 r |
|
| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we congratulate the members of TAP and its | 2 | | many partners on the occasion of its 14th anniversary, and
| 3 | | pledge our continuing support to Illinois families impacted by | 4 | | autism; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to The Autism
Program of Illinois.
|
|