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          Date of Hearing:   August 29, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                 SCR 83 (Steinberg) - As Introduced:  April 16, 2012

           SENATE VOTE  :   36-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   National Aphasia Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes June of each year as National Aphasia 
          Awareness Month.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the 
          following legislative findings:

          1)Aphasia is a communication impairment caused by brain damage, 
            typically resulting from a stroke but aphasia may also occur 
            in other neurological disorders, such as in the case of a 
            brain tumor.

          2)The effects of aphasia include weakness or paralysis in the 
            right leg or arm due to damage to the right hemisphere of the 
            brain and loss or reduction of the ability to speak, 
            comprehend, read, and write, while intelligence remains 
            intact.

          3)There are approximately 700,000 strokes a year in the United 
            States with about one third of these resulting in aphasia; 
            and, it is estimated that there are 1 million people affected 
            with aphasia in the United States.

          4)The National Aphasia Association has a mission to educate the 
            public to know that the word "aphasia" describes an impairment 
            of the ability to communicate, not an impairment of intellect, 
            and makes families, their support systems, and health care 
            professionals aware of the resources available to assist in 
            the patient's recovery.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           








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            Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800