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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders can affect all |
| 3 | | individuals regardless of racial, ethnic, economic, and social |
| 4 | | groups; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 6 | | (CDC) estimates that one in seven children in the United States |
| 7 | | have a developmental disability, ranging from mild |
| 8 | | disabilities such as speech and language impairments to serious |
| 9 | | developmental disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities, |
| 10 | | cerebral palsy, and autism; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders are more common than |
| 12 | | pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Studies in Asia, Europe, and North America have |
| 14 | | identified individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, with |
| 15 | | an average prevalence of about 1%; a recent study in South |
| 16 | | Korea reported a prevalence of 2.6%; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, According to estimates from CDC's Autism and |
| 18 | | Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, about one in 68 |
| 19 | | children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder; |
| 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The cause of autism spectrum disorders is still |
| 2 | | unknown, but research strongly suggests that it is caused by |
| 3 | | certain factors that affect brain development; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Autism spectrum disorders have increased tenfold |
| 5 | | in the last decade and now occur in some form in one in 42 boys |
| 6 | | in the United States; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Autism, which is five times more common among boys |
| 8 | | than girls, usually appears during the first three years of |
| 9 | | life; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Early diagnosis, research, training, education, |
| 11 | | and therapies are vital to reducing the effects of autism; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Current research suspects that there is not a |
| 13 | | single cause that will ultimately be discovered, but rather a |
| 14 | | cluster of factors which include genetics, pregnancy/birth |
| 15 | | complications, viral infections, metabolic disorders, |
| 16 | | congenital anomaly syndrome (birth defects), and environmental |
| 17 | | toxins; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 19 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 20 | | declare April of 2017 and 2018 as "Autism Awareness Month" in |
| 21 | | the State of Illinois for the purpose of urging both government |