Full Text of SR0218 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 218
| 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, the | 7 | | prevalence of ASDs has increased from 1 in 150 just a few years | 8 | | ago to 1 in 88 today; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Based on these figures, more than 30,000 | 10 | | school-age children in Illinois have an Autism Spectrum | 11 | | Disorder; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 2003, to improve our State's response to | 13 | | autism, the Illinois General Assembly passed Public Act 93-395, | 14 | | creating The Autism Program of Illinois (TAP); and | 15 | | WHEREAS, TAP brings together universities and nonprofit | 16 | | organizations from across Illinois to implement a system of | 17 | | care for those with an ASD; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Over the past 10 years, TAP has grown and | 19 | | developed into the largest statewide autism resource and |
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| 1 | | service network in the nation; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, TAP currently operates centers or other programs | 3 | | in partnership with the University of Illinois - | 4 | | Urbana/Champaign, the University of Illinois - Chicago, | 5 | | Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, | 6 | | Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Easter Seals Rockford, | 7 | | Easter Seals Peoria/Bloomington, RCADD - Chicago, Trinity | 8 | | Services, Kreider Services, the Charleston Transitional | 9 | | Facility, UCP Heartland, FASTT - Maryville, Little Friends, | 10 | | Inc., Have Dreams, and the Hope Institute; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, TAP has provided direct services to more than | 12 | | 7,000 Illinois families and trained more than 61,000 family | 13 | | members, educators, health care providers, day care providers, | 14 | | and first responders; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The TAP service model has been validated by | 16 | | researchers at Baylor University; many major national | 17 | | organizations have sought partnership with TAP; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Despite TAP's many accomplishments, there remains | 19 | | much unmet need, with more work to be done in Illinois; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate April 25, | 2 | | 2013, as World Autism Awareness Day in the State of Illinois, | 3 | | congratulate the members of TAP and its many partners on the | 4 | | occasion of its 10th anniversary, and pledge our continuing | 5 | | support to Illinois families impacted by autism.
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