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File #: 23-6860    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/7/2023 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 11/14/2023 Final action: 11/14/2023
Title: Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 2 for approval of a resolution recognizing World Sanfilippo Awareness Day, November 16, 2023.
Department: Commissioner, Precinct 2
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Resolution

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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 2 for approval of a resolution recognizing World Sanfilippo Awareness Day, November 16, 2023.
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Background and Discussion:
This special day of Awareness is in honor of the children around the world living with Sanfilippo Syndrome today, and those who have passed away.

Sanfilippo Syndrome - also known as Mucopolysaccharidosis type III or MPS III - is a terminal, neurodegenerative rare disease. It causes children to lose all the skills they've gained, suffer seizures and movement disorders, experience pain and suffering, and then die, often before the second decade of life.
Because of its neurodegenerative nature and multi-system impact, Sanfilippo Syndrome is often called "childhood Alzheimer's" or "childhood dementia."

Currently there is no FDA-approved treatment or cure. But there is research happening and there is hope.

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