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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | P1 2lr0959 |
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| 7 | 7 | | (PRE–FILED) |
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| 8 | 8 | | By: Senator Reilly |
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| 9 | 9 | | Requested: October 26, 2021 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Introduced and read first time: January 12, 2022 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 15 | 15 | | A Senate Joint Resolution concerning 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Apraxia Awareness Day 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | FOR the purpose of commemorating Apraxia Awareness Day on May 14 by encouraging 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | citizens of the State to work within their communities to increase awareness and 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | understanding of childhood apraxia of speech. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Childhood apraxia of speech is an extremely challenging speech 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | disorder, affecting one in one thousand children; and 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, May 14 marks Apraxia Awareness Day, during which awareness will be 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | raised throughout Maryland about childhood apraxia of speech; and 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Childhood apraxia of speech causes children to have significant 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | difficulty learning to speak and is among the most severe speech deficits in children; and 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, While learning to speak comes effortlessly to most children, those with 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | apraxia require early, appropriate, and intensive speech therapy for many years to learn 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to speak; and 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Without appropriate speech therapy, children with apraxia will have 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | diminished communication skills and are also placed at high risk for secondary impacts in 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | reading, writing, spelling, and other school–related skills; and 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, Negative primary and secondary educational impacts diminish future 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | independence and employment while also challenging the ability to become productive 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | citizens if unresolved; and 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | WHEREAS, Public awareness about childhood apraxia of speech in Maryland is 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | essential for families of children with this neurological disorder and the professionals who 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | support them to receive the needed services for those learning to use their own voice; and 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Our highest respect goes to the children experiencing this disorder and 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | their families, for their effort, determination, and resilience in the face of such obstacles; 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | now, therefore, be it 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That to 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | commemorate Apraxia Awareness Day on May 14, citizens of the State are encouraged to 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | work within their communities to increase awareness and understanding of childhood 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | apraxia of speech; and be it further 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of 8 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Legislative Services to the Honorable Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland; the 9 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Honorable William C. Ferguson, IV, President of the Senate of Maryland; and the 10 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Honorable Adrienne A. Jones, Speaker of the House of Delegates. 11 |
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