WHEREAS:      one in 88 children will be diagnosed with autism; and

 

WHEREAS:    autism is the leading developmental disability in the United States; and

 

WHEREAS:     more children will be diagnosed with autism this year than diabetes, AIDS and cancer combined; and

 

WHEREAS:     there is no cure or no medical detection for autism; and

 

WHEREAS:     The United Nations General Assembly has designated April 2^nd as World Autism Awareness Day in perpetuity.

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE: I, Duke A Bennett, Mayor of the City of Terre Haute,

do hereby proclaim April 2, 2013, to be

in perpetuity until the cure of autism is found.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused

                        the Great Seal of the City of Terre Haute to be affixed this

                        2^nd day of April, 2013.

 

 

 

                                                    Duke A Bennett, Mayor