Full Text of HR0310 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, May 14 marks the first annual Childhood Apraxia of
| 3 | | Speech Awareness Day, which seeks to raise state and
national | 4 | | awareness about Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a
particularly | 5 | | difficult, persistent, and severe neurological
speech disorder | 6 | | in youngsters; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) causes affected
| 8 | | children to have extreme difficulty planning and producing the | 9 | | precise, highly refined, and specific series of movements of | 10 | | the tongue, lips, jaw, and palate that are necessary in | 11 | | producing clear, intelligible speech; it is among the most | 12 | | severe of
speech and communication problems in children; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, While the act of learning to speak comes | 14 | | effortlessly to most children, those with apraxia require years | 15 | | of intensive speech therapy and have lengthy struggles to | 16 | | communicate; although not life-threatening, the disorder is | 17 | | life-altering, as families are left to cope with the emotional, | 18 | | physical, and financial challenges of having a child diagnosed | 19 | | with CAS; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Every child should be afforded their best | 21 | | opportunity
to develop speech and every child deserves a voice; | 22 | | with early
intervention and appropriate therapy, most children |
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will learn to communicate with their very own voices; | 2 | | these
children, as well as their families, deserve our highest | 3 | | respect
for their effort, determination, and resilience in the | 4 | | face of
such obstacles; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we designate May 14, 2013 as Apraxia Awareness Day in the State | 8 | | of Illinois to raise awareness about CAS and
support the goals | 9 | | of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
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