88R23711 BHH-F
By: Oliverson H.R. No. 1213
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC)
Deficiency Awareness Day is being observed to focus attention on
this rare disease and to help educate the community, physicians,
and specialists about its symptoms to facilitate early detection;
and
WHEREAS, AADC Deficiency is a rare genetic neurological
disease, and there have been approximately 200 cases of AADC
Deficiency reported worldwide; and
WHEREAS, AADC Deficiency is a life-limiting, severely
debilitating condition that significantly impacts a patient's
development, motor skills, growth, cognition, and language skills;
and
WHEREAS, The disease results from an inherited genetic
mutation that causes patients to lack the AADC enzyme that is
required to create dopamine; without dopamine, patients can never
achieve motor milestones like holding their heads up, sitting, and
standing and are unable to develop the ability to communicate or to
meet the most basic of life's needs; and
WHEREAS, Patients with AADC Deficiency often have low muscle
tone that is unexplained and does not improve; such patients also
suffer from involuntary eye movements and developmental delays;
AADC Deficiency is often mistaken for other diseases like cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, or autism; and
WHEREAS, Patients are diagnosed with AADC Deficiency through
genetic and other biochemical tests; and
WHEREAS, AADC Deficiency Awareness Day serves as a vital
means of helping inform the public and the medical community about
the condition, and this awareness can help patients who may be
experiencing the symptoms of AADC to receive appropriate treatment;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize AADC Deficiency Awareness Day and
encourage Texans to learn more about the disease.