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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 488
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WHEREAS, Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) |
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Deficiency Awareness Day is being observed to focus attention on |
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this rare disease and to help educate the community, physicians, |
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and specialists about its symptoms to facilitate early |
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detection; and |
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WHEREAS, AADC Deficiency is a rare genetic neurological |
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disease, and there have been approximately 200 cases of AADC |
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Deficiency reported worldwide; and |
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WHEREAS, AADC Deficiency is a life-limiting, severely |
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debilitating condition that significantly impacts a patient's |
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development, motor skills, growth, cognition, and language |
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skills; and |
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WHEREAS, The disease results from an inherited genetic |
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mutation that causes patients to lack the AADC enzyme that is |
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required to create dopamine; without dopamine, patients can |
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never achieve motor milestones like holding their heads up, |
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sitting, and standing and are unable to develop the ability to |
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communicate or to meet the most basic of life's needs; and |
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WHEREAS, Patients with AADC Deficiency often have low |
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muscle tone that is unexplained and does not improve; such |
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patients also suffer from involuntary eye movements and |
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developmental delays; AADC Deficiency is often mistaken for |
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other diseases like cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or autism; and |
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WHEREAS, Patients are diagnosed with AADC Deficiency |
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through genetic and other biochemical tests; and |
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WHEREAS, AADC Deficiency Awareness Day serves as a vital |
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means of helping inform the public and the medical community |
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about the condition, and this awareness can help patients who may |
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be experiencing the symptoms of AADC to receive appropriate |
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treatment; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby recognize AADC Deficiency Awareness Day and |
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encourage Texans to learn more about the disease. |
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Johnson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 27, 2023. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |