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Grassroots efforts rewarded with passage of bill, governor’s signature Kate Drury likely didn’t think she’d wake up one day and find that her then-8-year-old son Charlie had seemingly become a different person; nor would she have known it was the beginning of a long journey that would end up in Springfield with a law partially named after him. But, that’s where things are headed after a bill named Charlie’s Law, HB 2721, was slated to be signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner—at Drury’s Lombard home—on Tuesday, July 18.
compulsive disorders, tics, an averDrury explained for “Out and toms. She then took Charlie to a doc- a local physician who happened to be sion to scents, phobias, behavioral About” back in 2013 how she sought tor who discovered her son’s strep an expert on PANDAS, and while a aggression and age regression, to psychiatric help for her son, but the level was “off the charts.” See GRASSROOTS, Page 13 name a few. medications increased his sympThat doctor connected Drury with
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It was a privilege to be a part of team Charlie...I became involved when Kate decided she never wanted another family to go through what her family had been through.” – Rep. Deb Conroy
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Officer Jack J. Barba of the Bensenville Police Department recently held a Bensenville Park District Canine Demonstration at Tiny Tots Preschool. The children were able to greet K-9 Zoe and learn about Zoe’s job with the police department.
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The bill essentially states that individual and group insurance plans will be required to offer coverage for treatments of an illness referred to as PANDAS/PANS. Charlie’s own journey began with a strep throat in November 2012 and ended up—after many doctor visits—with a diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococci infections, or PANDAS. Symptoms of PANDAS vary but can include developing obsessive
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