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4 <br /> 1 Commissioner Burroughs also withdrew her support. <br /> 2 Commissioner Rich also withdrew her support. <br /> 3 Commissioner Jacobs said he would like to read about it, and requested that the item be <br /> 4 brought back on November 1St <br /> 5 Commissioner McKee made the same request. <br /> 6 The Board agreed by consensus to bring this item back at the November 1St regular <br /> 7 meeting. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> 10 a. Proclamation Declaring October 2018 as Dysautonomia Awareness Month <br /> 11 The Board considered voting to adopt a proclamation declaring October 2018 as <br /> 12 Dysautonomia Awareness Month and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 BACKGROUND: <br /> 15 Miranda Harris, an Orange High School student, recently submitted a letter requesting that the <br /> 16 Board of Commissioners consider approving a proclamation declaring October 2018 as <br /> 17 Dysautonomia Awareness Month. Ms. Harris' request is provided at Attachment 1. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Dysautonomia is a group of medical conditions that result in a malfunction of the autonomic <br /> 20 nervous system, which is responsible for"automatic" bodily functions such as respiration, heart <br /> 21 rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature control and more. Some forms of dysautonomia <br /> 22 are considered rare diseases, such as Multiple System Atrophy and Pure Autonomic Failure, <br /> 23 while other forms of dysautonomia are common, impacting millions of people in the US and <br /> 24 around the world, such as Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy, Neurocardiogenic Syncope and <br /> 25 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. Dysautonomia impacts people of any age, gender, <br /> 26 race or background, including many individuals living in Orange County. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Miranda Harris and Abigaile Finch, Orange County Schools' students were present; both <br /> 29 students have been diagnosed with this invisible chronic Illness. <br /> 30 Chair Dorosin read the proclamation: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 33 PROCLAMATION <br /> 34 DYSAUTONOMIA AWARENESS MONTH <br /> 35 <br /> 36 WHEREAS, dysautonomia is a group of medical conditions that result in a malfunction of the <br /> 37 autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for "automatic" bodily functions such as <br /> 38 respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature control and more; and <br /> 39 <br /> 40 WHEREAS, some forms of dysautonomia are considered rare diseases, such as Multiple <br /> 41 System Atrophy and Pure Autonomic Failure, while other forms of dysautonomia are common, <br /> 42 impacting millions of people in the US and around the world, such as Diabetic Autonomic <br /> 43 Neuropathy, Neurocardiogenic Syncope and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome; and <br /> 44 <br /> 45 WHEREAS, dysautonomia impacts people of any age, gender, race or background, including <br /> 46 many individuals living in Orange County; and <br /> 47 <br /> 48 WHEREAS, some forms of dysautonomia can be very disabling and this disability can result in <br /> 49 social isolation, stress on the families of those impacted, and financial hardship; and <br /> 50 <br />