Disability Awareness Annual Calendar.

January

Birth Defects Prevention Month​​
Glaucoma Awareness Month
Thyroid Awareness Month

January 4 – World Braille Day​​
January 24 – Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
January 26 – Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day
January 27 – World Leprosy Day
January 30 – CTE Awareness Day

February

American Heart Month​​
Low Vision Awareness Month
National Cancer Prevention Month

February 2 – Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
February 4 – World Cancer Day
February 7 – Go Red for Women Day (American Heart Association)
February 9-15 – Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Awareness Week
February 23 - February 29 – National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
February 27 – Anosmia Awareness Day
February 29 – Rare Disease Day

March

Bleeding Disorder Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month​​
Developmental Disabilities Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

March 1 – International Wheelchair Day​​
March 5 – Multiple Personality Day
March 8 – International Women’s Day​​
March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
March 24 – World Tuberculosis Day
March 26 – Purple Day for Epilepsy
March 30 – World Bipolar Day

April

Autism Awareness Month​​
Limb Loss Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
Parkinson's Awareness Month

April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
April 7 – World Health Day
April 11 – Parkinson’s Disease International Awareness Day

May

ALS Awareness Month​​
Apraxia Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month​​
Health Vision Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Mental Health Month​​​​
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Stroke Awareness Month
Williams Syndrome Month

May 1 – International Labor Day
May 5 – World Asthma Day
May 10 – World Lupus Day
May 10 - May 16 – Women's Health Week
May 12 – Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
May 12 – International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND)
May 14 – Apraxia Awareness Day
May 15 - June 15 – Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month
May 21 – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
May 24 – World Schizophrenia Day
May 25 – Memorial Day
May 30 – World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Day

June

Cataract Awareness Month​​
Headaches Awareness Month
Men’s Health Month

June 7 – National Cancer Survivors Day
June 27 – U.S. National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Day

July

July 26 – ADA Awareness Day
July 28 – World Hepatitis Day

August

August 7 – Purple Heart Day​​
August 17 – National Nonprofit Day
August 21 – National Senior Citizens Day

September

Deaf Awareness Month
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
MDA National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
National Service Dog Month​​
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month​​
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
World Suicide Prevention Month

September 10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
September 15 – World Lymphoma Awareness Day
September 21 – World Alzheimer’s Day
September 23 – International Day of Sign Languages
September 29 – World Heart Day

October

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dwarfism Awareness Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October 4 - October 10 – Mental Health Awareness Week
October 6 – World Cerebral Palsy Day
October 8 – World Blind Day / World Sight Day
October 10 – World Arthritis Day
October 10 – World Mental Health Day
October 24 – United Nations Day
October 25 –  World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day

November

Alzheimer's Awareness Month​​
​Diabetes Awareness Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month​​
National Family Caregivers Month
Prostate Cancer / Men’s Health Awareness Month

November 14 – World Diabetes Day
November 18 – World COPD Day
November 21 – Pancreatic Cancer Day

December

First Tuesday – Giving Tuesday
December 3 – International Day of People with Disabilities

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