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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CELEBRATING APRIL OF 2022, AS "LIMB LOSS AND LIMB DIFFERENCE

AWARENESS MONTH (LLLDAM)" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, McEntee, Casimiro,
Kazarian, Cassar, Alzate, Felix, and Vella-Wilkinson

     Date Introduced: April 05, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month is celebrated around the

globe as a time to recognize those living with limb loss and similar challenges and to highlight

the vital need to support efforts that advance equitable medical access, care, and coverage; and

     WHEREAS, Nearly two million people living in the United States have experienced limb

loss, according to the Amputee Coalition, and by 2050, it is estimated that a staggering 3.6

million people will be living with limb loss; and

     WHEREAS, The Amputee Coalition is the nation's leading organization on limb loss and

is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for amputees and their families, improving patient

care, and preventing limb loss. The Coalition's theme for this year's LLLDAM is "Ordinary is

Extraordinary"; and

     WHEREAS, The most common reasons for limb amputation include severe injury, a

cancerous tumor in the bone or muscle of the limb, a serious infection that does not get better

with antibiotics or other treatment, thickening of nerve tissue, called a neuroma, and frostbite; and

     WHEREAS, There are many different causes of congenital limb differences – some are

genetic, some are due to environmental or pharmaceutical factors, others may be because of an

isolated issue or syndrome occurring during fetal development; and

     WHEREAS, Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month provides an opportunity

to educate the populace and empower and support individuals within our communities by sharing

the realities of living with limb loss and limb differences; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

proclaims April of 2022, to be "Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month" and urges the

citizens of the state to learn about and help to alleviate the obstacles that people living with limb

loss and/or limb difference must overcome to reclaim their lives; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island – The Amputee Coalition.

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