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| 2022 -- H 8086 Enacted 04/05/2022 |
| 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 |
| 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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