Full Text of HR0054 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Austin Special | 4 | | Chicago as the agency celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2013; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Austin Special Chicago was founded in 1953 by a | 7 | | small group of parents whose hope for their children with | 8 | | developmental disabilities was not to be institutionalized but | 9 | | rather be integrated into the community through special | 10 | | education; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, 60 years later, Austin Special Chicago has evolved | 12 | | into a nonprofit social service agency whose mission is to meet | 13 | | the needs of adults with developmental and intellectual | 14 | | disabilities, especially those with severe and profound mental | 15 | | retardation, to provide training and education so that they may | 16 | | have more fulfilled and enriched lives, and to assist their | 17 | | families to keep them integrated in the community; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Austin Special Chicago pursues this mission | 19 | | through the operation of its Developmental Training Center, | 20 | | where it offers vocational, social, and educational services | 21 | | including general counseling, speech therapy, basic academics, | 22 | | daily living skills, recreational activities, art therapy, |
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| 1 | | transportation, and participation in Special Olympics and | 2 | | community-based mainstream activities; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Austin Special Chicago also operates 3 Community | 4 | | Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA) homes; they offer | 5 | | developmental training and residential services to adults 18 | 6 | | years and older living in the Chicago community regardless of | 7 | | age, race, color, sex, disability, financial standing, | 8 | | religion, national origin, or ancestry; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we thank Austin Special's founders, board members, and staff | 12 | | for 60 years of serving some of Chicago's most vulnerable | 13 | | residents and we wish them well in all their future endeavours; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Austin Special Chicago as an expression of our | 17 | | esteem and respect.
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