SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 488
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 Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
Legislature, hereby recognize AADC Deficiency Awareness Day and
encourage Texans to learn more about the disease.
Johnson
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on April 27, 2023.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate