PRINTER'S NO. 1976
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
200
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BOYD, KRAJEWSKI, KINSEY, T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS,
HANBIDGE, KENYATTA, BRIGGS, SHUSTERMAN, GUENST, VITALI,
DALEY, McNEILL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MADDEN, KRUEGER, SCHLOSSBERG,
SANCHEZ, WEBSTER, MALAGARI, BOROWSKI, KHAN, HOWARD, DELLOSO
AND O'MARA, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing October 6, 2023, as "World Cerebral Palsy Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Cerebral palsy is defined as a group of disorders
that affect a person's ability to move and maintain balance and
posture; and
WHEREAS, Cerebral palsy is caused by abnormal brain
development or damage to a developing brain before birth; and
WHEREAS, Gene mutations, maternal infections, fetal stroke,
bleeding into the brain, infant infections, traumatic head
injury and lack of oxygen can lead to problems with brain
development; and
WHEREAS, Cerebral palsy is the most common movement
disability in children; and
WHEREAS, Roughly 1 in 345 people in the United States have
cerebral palsy; and
WHEREAS, Cerebral palsy is found to be more common in males
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