Bill Text: IL HR0026 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates and thanks the founder and employees of A Place for Me for their work in helping families and children affected by autism.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-01-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0026 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0026-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate and thank the founder and
employees of A Place for Me for their work in helping families
and children affected by autism; and
WHEREAS, A Place for Me is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
foundation founded by Elaine Reeves-Haywood in June of 2002; in
creating A Place for Me, she sought to establish an
organization that committed to providing services and support
to families and children affected by autism; and
WHEREAS, The founder and employees of A Place for Me work
diligently to fulfill the organization's mission; among its
mission goals are providing support for ongoing parent/child
issues, voicing concerns for autism related issues, serving as
a community resource, providing training and support on various
autism-related topics, providing educational assistance to
regular and special education students, helping to make and use
appropriate visual support to enhance the learning styles of
students, helping others to use social stories and role playing
to teaching social concepts, helping to educating parents of
the laws and their rights regarding autism, and providing
social and recreational opportunities; and

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WHEREAS, A Place for Me has put forth great efforts in
raising the awareness of autism in the community; the
organization has conducted numerous education workshops, IEP
support sessions, and individual parent training sessions with
visual aids; the organization has also presented numerous
workshops and sponsored several family outings to promote
autism awareness, widen inclusion and social interaction of
autistic children, and create environments where autistic
children can feel comfortable; and
WHEREAS, The great work done by A Place for Me on the
behalf of autistic children throughout the State is worthy of
the greatest respect; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate the founder and employees of A Place for Me for
their work in helping families and children affected by autism
and wish them continued success and happiness in the future;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Elaine Reeves-Haywood as a symbol of our esteem
and respect.