Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SR 1904
       
       
       
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       7-04970-13                                            20131904__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing September 2013 and each
    3         September thereafter as “Dystonia Awareness Month.”
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder
    6  characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that often
    7  cause painful and debilitating body positions for the victim,
    8  and
    9         WHEREAS, Dystonia is a nonterminal disease that attacks an
   10  otherwise healthy individual who is living a normal life and
   11  makes even the simplest of tasks impossible to achieve, and
   12         WHEREAS, Dystonia is nondegenerative, and, with the
   13  investment of the proper resources, a cure is within reach, and
   14         WHEREAS, Dystonia affects an estimated 500,000 people in
   15  North America, with a third of all dystonia patients children,
   16  and
   17         WHEREAS, Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure has long been
   18  recognized as a leading nonprofit organization in Dystonia
   19  research and awareness and has teamed up with Dystonia advocacy
   20  groups to form Team Dystonia, a coalition aimed at furthering
   21  awareness of the disorder across the nation, NOW, THEREFORE,
   22  
   23  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   25         That we recognize September 2013 and each September
   26  thereafter as “Dystonia Awareness Month.”