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4 <br /> <br />Commissioner McKee made the same request. <br />The Board agreed by consensus to bring this item back at the November 1st regular <br />meeting. <br /> <br />4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br />a. Proclamation Declaring October 2018 as Dysautonomia Awareness Month <br />The Board considered voting to adopt a proclamation declaring October 2018 as <br />Dysautonomia Awareness Month and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Miranda Harris, an Orange High School student, recently submitted a letter requesting that the <br />Board of Commissioners consider approving a proclamation declaring October 2018 as <br />Dysautonomia Awareness Month. Ms. Harris’ request is provided at Attachment 1. <br /> <br />Dysautonomia is a group of medical conditions that result in a malfunction of the autonomic <br />nervous system, which is responsible for “automatic” bodily functions such as respiration, heart <br />rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature control and more. Some forms of dysautonomia are <br />considered rare diseases, such as Multiple System Atrophy and Pure Autonomic Failure, while <br />other forms of dysautonomia are common, impacting millions of people in the US and around <br />the world, such as Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy, Neurocardiogenic Syncope and <br />Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. Dysautonomia impacts people of any age, gender, <br />race or background, including many individuals living in Orange County. <br /> <br />Miranda Harris and Abigaile Finch, Orange County Schools’ students were present; both <br />students have been diagnosed with this invisible chronic Illness. <br />Chair Dorosin read the proclamation: <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DYSAUTONOMIA AWARENESS MONTH <br /> <br />WHEREAS, dysautonomia is a group of medical conditions that result in a malfunction of the <br />autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for “automatic” bodily functions such as <br />respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature control and more; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, some forms of dysautonomia are considered rare diseases, such as Multiple <br />System Atrophy and Pure Autonomic Failure, while other forms of dysautonomia are common, <br />impacting millions of people in the US and around the world, such as Diabetic Autonomic <br />Neuropathy, Neurocardiogenic Syncope and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, dysautonomia impacts people of any age, gender, race or background, including <br />many individuals living in Orange County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, some forms of dysautonomia can be very disabling and this disability can result in <br />social isolation, stress on the families of those impacted, and financial hardship; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, some forms of dysautonomia can result in death, causing tremendous pain and <br />suffering for those impacted and their loved ones; and <br />