Full Text of HR1503 95th General Assembly
HR1503 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor the administration and | 4 |
| staff of the "A Place for Me" not-for-profit foundation for | 5 |
| their work in providing services to families and support for | 6 |
| children affected by autism; and
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| WHEREAS, "A Place for Me" was founded by Elaine | 8 |
| Reeves-Haywood in June of 2002; with very few resources or | 9 |
| information available in her community to insure a good | 10 |
| education, after school programs, recreation, or summer | 11 |
| programs for her son, who is autistic, she created the | 12 |
| foundation in order to help provide the tools, programs, and | 13 |
| services that her son and other children with autism could | 14 |
| benefit from; and
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| WHEREAS, The goal of the "A Place for Me" foundation is to | 16 |
| provide services to families and support for the children | 17 |
| affected by autism through numerous methods, including support | 18 |
| for ongoing parent/child issues, the voicing of concerns for | 19 |
| autism related issues, the availability of the foundation as a | 20 |
| community resource, training and support on various autism | 21 |
| related topics, educational assistance to regular and special | 22 |
| education students, assisting with the creation and | 23 |
| utilization of visual supports to enhance the learning style of |
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| students, the use of social stories and role playing for | 2 |
| teaching social concepts, and increasing awareness of the | 3 |
| various laws and the rights of parents; and
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| WHEREAS, "A Place for Me" has put forth great time and | 5 |
| effort in raising awareness of autism within their community | 6 |
| through education workshops, IEP support, and individual | 7 |
| parent training sessions with visual aids; the foundation has | 8 |
| also sponsored family outings to promote awareness, widen the | 9 |
| inclusion and social interaction of autistic children, and to | 10 |
| create environments where autistic children can feel | 11 |
| comfortable; the foundation has also made a long-term goal to | 12 |
| have a community center that will provide for after school | 13 |
| programs, social skills programs, and a site where workshops | 14 |
| for parents can be conducted; and
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| WHEREAS, The work that Elaine Reeves-Haywood and the "A | 16 |
| Place for Me" foundation have done to raise awareness of autism | 17 |
| and to ensure that these afflicted children have the education | 18 |
| and care that they deserve is worthy of the greatest respect; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| honor the administration and staff of the "A Place for Me" | 23 |
| not-for-profit foundation for their work and wish them |
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| continued success in their future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Elaine Reeves-Haywood as a symbol of our esteem | 4 |
| and respect.
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