| |
|
|
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 340
|
|
|
WHEREAS, Members of the Autism Council for Educational |
|
|
Support and Scientific Studies and the Rio Grande Valley Task |
|
|
Force of the Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive Developmental |
|
|
Disorders are visiting the State Capitol on February 26, 2009, |
|
|
providing a welcome opportunity to honor these notable |
|
|
organizations; and |
| |
|
|
WHEREAS, "Pervasive developmental disorders" refers to a |
|
|
group of disorders characterized by delays in the development of |
|
|
socialization and communication skills; autism, the most common |
|
|
of these disorders, is the result of a neurological disorder that |
|
|
affects the functioning of the brain and impacts normal |
|
|
development of social interaction and communication skills; |
|
|
autism typically appears during the first three years of life and |
|
|
affects as many as six per 1,000 individuals; other pervasive |
|
|
developmental disorders include Asperger's syndrome, childhood |
|
|
disintegrative disorder, Rett syndrome, and PDD-not otherwise |
|
|
specified; and |
| |
|
|
WHEREAS, The Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive |
|
|
Developmental Disorders was established by legislation in 1987 |
|
|
and works to ensure that the needs of persons with autism and |
|
|
other pervasive developmental disorders and their families are |
|
|
addressed; task forces located throughout the state advise the |
|
|
council on a range of issues, and the council in turn makes |
|
|
recommendations to state agencies and the state legislature; and |
| |
|
|
WHEREAS, Organized to improve autism services, education, |
|
|
and research in the Rio Grande Valley, the Autism Council for |
|
|
Educational Support and Scientific Studies consists of parents |
|
|
of children with autism, as well as professionals who regularly |
|
|
work with the autism spectrum disorders population; the Autism |
|
|
Council seeks to facilitate the development of an informed and |
|
|
united community, and as such, hosts a monthly autism support |
|
|
group; and |
| |
|
|
WHEREAS, Through their efforts to raise awareness of these |
|
|
prevalent developmental disabilities, members of the Autism |
|
|
Council for Educational Support and Scientific Studies and the |
|
|
Rio Grande Valley Task Force of the Texas Council on Autism and |
|
|
Pervasive Developmental Disorders are making a positive |
|
|
difference in the lives of South Texans, and they are indeed |
|
|
deserving of recognition; now, therefore, be it |
| |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
|
|
Legislature, hereby honor the Autism Council for Educational |
|
|
Support and Scientific Studies and the Rio Grande Valley Task |
|
|
Force of the Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive Developmental |
|
|
Disorders and extend to their members sincere best wishes for |
|
|
continued success with their important work; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
|
|
prepared for the organizations as an expression of high regard |
|
|
from the Texas Senate. |
| |
|
|
Hinojosa, Lucio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
President of the Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I hereby certify that the |
|
|
|
above Resolution was adopted by |
|
|
|
the Senate on March 2, 2009. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Member, Texas Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Member, Texas Senate |