Proclamation A-T for 9 3 02WHEREAS, Ataxia-telangiectasis, or A-T is a progressive, degenerative disease that
normally appears during the second year of life, beginning with a wobbly lack
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of balance and slurred speech; and
WHEREAS, approximately one child in 40,000 may be born with this disease and it respects
no racial, economic, geographic or educational barriers, with both males and
females equally affected; and
WHEREAS, children born with A-T suffer a progressive degeneration of a portion of the
brain, which leads to lack of muscle control, confining the patient to a
wheelchair and limiting their ability to write, talk, and read; and
WHEREAS, for most children with A-T, a problem with immunodeficiency brings recurrent
respiratory infections, which become life-threatening pneumonia as they do not
respond to typical antibiotic treatments; and
WHEREAS, cancer in its various malignant forms strikes children with A-T almost 1000
times more frequently than the general population, and because of the various
severe health degenerations, most children die by their teens or early 20's; and
WHEREAS, because A-T is a rare, orphan disease, very little research data is available;
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and
WHEREAS, Dubuque is having a walk at Eisenhower Elementary School on Saturday,
September 14, 2002 at 10:00 A.M. to raise awareness of this unique, debilitating
disease.
NOW THEREFORE, I, TERRANCE M. DUGGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE DO
HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2002 AS:
AWARENESS DAY FOR A-T
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IN DUBUQUE, IOWA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal
of City of Dubuque, IA to be affixed this
3rd day of September, 2002.
Terrance M. Duggan, MAYOR
Attest:
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Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk
8/27/02 from Linda Harvey, 2642 Crissy Dr., 582-5816;
Wants one orig. to go thru 9/3/02; Did it last year also.