Disability-Related Awareness Dates

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Last updated: Jun 12, 2026

January 2026

Cervical Health Awareness Month (International)
Glaucoma Awareness Month (United States)
January 4: World Braille Day (International)
January 11: Paget’s Awareness Day (International)
January 19-25: Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (Europe)
January 24: Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
January 25: World Leprosy Day (International)

February 2026

Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month (International)
Low Vision Awareness Month (United States)
February 2-8: Tinnitus Week (Europe)
February 4: World Cancer Day (International)
February 2-8: White Cane Week (Canada)
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
February 7-14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (United States)
February 9: International Epilepsy Day (International)
February 11: World Day of the Sick (International Catholic)
February 14: Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day (United States)
February 15: International Childhood Cancer Day (International)
February 22: Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day (United States)
February 22: World Encephalitis Day (International)
February 23 - Mar 1: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (United States)
February 28: HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day (United States)
February 28: Rare Disease Day (International)

March 2026

Brain Injury Awareness Month (United States)
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month (United States)
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention Awareness Month (United States)
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (United States)
Endometriosis Awareness Month (United States)
Essential Tremor Month (United States) **better page?
Kidney Month (United States)
MS Awareness Month (United States)
Trisomy Awareness Month (United States)
March 1: Disability Day of Mourning (International)
March 1:International Wheelchair Day (International)
March 1: Self Injury/Harm Awareness Day (International)
March 2: World Teen Mental Wellness Day (International)
March 3: World Hearing Day (International)
March 8-14: World Glaucoma Week (International)
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
March 18: National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day (International)
March 20: National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day (International)
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day (International)
March 26: Purple Day for Epilepsy (International)
March 27: Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) Awareness Day (International)

April 2026

Autism Acceptance Month (United States)
Cushing’s Awareness Month (International)
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month (International)
Paralyzed Veterans Across America Month (United States)
Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month (United States)
Parkinson’s Awareness Month (United States)
Sarcoidosis Awareness Month (United States)
Stress Awareness Month (United States)
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day (International)
April 6: Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day (United States)
April 8: Cushing’s Awareness Day (International)
April 10: National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
April 11: World Parkinson’s Day (International)
April 13: Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Day (International)
April 16-22 - Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (United States)
April 17: World Hemophilia Day (International)
April 19: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day (United States)
April 20: Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Remembrance Day (United States)
April 22-29: World Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Week (International)
April 25: World Malaria Day (International)
April 29: World Wish Day (International)
April 29: International Guide Dog Day (International)

May 2026

Mental Health Awareness Month (United States)
Fibromyalgia Awareness Month (United States)
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (United States)
ALS Awareness Month (International)
Apraxia Awareness Month (United States)
American Stroke Month (United States)
Arthritis Awareness Month (United States)
National Speech-Language-Hearing Month (United States)
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month (United States)
Brain Tumor Awareness Month (United States)
Celiac Disease Awareness Month (International)
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month (United States)
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) Month (International)
Hepatitis Awareness Month (United States)
High Blood Pressure Education Month (United States)
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month (International)
Lupus Awareness Month (International)
Lyme Disease Awareness Month (United States and Canada)
National Mobility Awareness Month (United States)
Myositis Awareness Month (United States)
Older Americans Month (United States)
April 27-May 3: Heart Failure Awareness Days (International)
May 3-9: Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week (United States)
May 4-10: Deaf Awareness Week (United States)
May 5: International 5p- Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
May 5: World Asthma Day (International)
May 6: Wishbone Day: International Osteogenesis Imperfecta Awareness Day (International)
May 7: National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (United States)
May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day (International)
May 10: World Lupus Day (International)
May 11-15: International Face Equality Week (International)
May 12: International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (International)
May 14: Mental Health Action Day (United States)
May 15: International Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Awareness Day (International)
May 16: International Celiac Disease Awareness Day (International)
May 17: World Hypertension Day (International)
May 17-23: National Eosinophil Awareness Week (United States)
May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (United States)
May 19-24: Action for Brain Injury Awareness Week (United States)
May 19: National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
May 20: Behcet’s Disease Awareness Day (International)
May 20: International Blue Cone Monochromacy Awareness Day (International)
May 20: World Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day (International)
May 21: Global Accessibility Awareness Day (International)
May 23: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (International)
May 24: World Schizophrenia Day (International)
May 25: World Thyroid Day (International)
May 30: World Multiple Sclerosis Day (International)

June 2026

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month (United States)
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month (United States)
CDKL5 Awareness Month (United States)
Migraine and Headache Awareness Month (United States)
PTSD Awareness Month (United States)
June 5: HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (United States)
June 7: National Cancer Survivors Day (United States)
June 7: Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
June 8: World Brain Tumor Day (International)
June 9: World APS Day (International)
June 13: International Albinism Awareness Day (International)
June 15-21: Learning Disability Week (International)
June 17: World CDKL5 Day (International)
June 18: Autistic Pride Day (International)
June 19: World Sickle Cell Day (International)
June 21: Global Day of Recognition of ALS/MND (International)
June 21-June 28: Deafblind Awareness Week (United States)
June 23: International Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
June 25: World Vitiligo Day (International)
June 27: Helen Keller’s Birthday
June 27: PTSD Screening Day (United States)
June 27: National HIV Testing Day (United States)
June 29: World Scleroderma Day (International)
June 30: Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) Awareness Day (United States)

July 2026

Disability Pride Month (United States)
BIPOC Mental Health Month (United States)
Fragile X Awareness Month (United States)
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month (United States)
National Wheelchair Beautification Month (United States)
Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
July 13: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Awareness Day (International)
July 21: Zero HIV Stigma Day (International)
July 22: Fragile X Awareness Day (United States)
July 23: World Sjogren’s Day (International)
July 24: Samaritans Awareness Day (United Kingdom)
July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary (United States)
July 28: World Hepatitis Day (International)
July 30: Gastroschisis Awareness Day (International)

August 2026

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month (United States)
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Awareness Month (United States)
August 20: Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
August 21: National Senior Citizens Day (United States)
August 30: National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

September 2026

Achalasia Awareness Month (International)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Alopecia Areata Awareness Month (United States)
Blood Cancer Awareness Month (International)
National Guide Dog Month (United States)
National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month (United States)
Suicide Prevention Month (United States)
Pain Awareness Month (International)
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month (United States)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month (United States)
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month (United States)
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month (International)
World Alzheimer’s Month (International)
September 7: World Duchenne Awareness Day (International)
September TBD: Disability Voting Rights Week (United States)
September 9: National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness (NAIRHHA) Day (United States)
September 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness (FASD) Day (International)
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day (International)
September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day (International)
September 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (United States)
September 19: Usher Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
September 21: World Alzheimer’s Day (International)
September 20-26: International Week of Deaf People (International)
September 22: World Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Day (International)
September 23: International Day of Sign Languages (International)
September 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day (International)
September 25: World Lung Day (International)
September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day (United States)
September 27: National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
September 30: Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day (International)

October 2026

ADHD Awareness Month (International)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Down Syndrome Awareness Month (International)
Dysautonomia Awareness Month (International)
Dyslexia Awareness Month (International)
Eczema Awareness Month (United States)
Facial Pain Awareness Month (United States)
Liver Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month (United States)
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (United States)
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month (International)
Selective Mutism Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month (United States)
October 2: National Disabled Author’s Day (United States)
October 5: American Veterans Disabled for Life Awareness Day (United States)
October 5-11: Mental Illness Awareness Week (United States)
October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day (International)
October 6-12: Dyslexia Awareness Week (United Kingdom)
October 7: Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day (International)
October 7: Team Margot Donor Registration Day (United States)
October 8: World Sight Day (International)
October 9: PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day (International)
October 10: World Mental Health Day (International)
October 11-17: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Awareness Week (International)
October 13: Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (United States)
October 13-18: Dyspraxia Awareness Week (United Kingdom)
October 13: World Thrombosis Day (International)
October 15: Blind Americans Equality Day (White Cane Safety Day) (United States)
October 15: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
October 20: World Osteoporosis Day (International)
October 21: Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day (United States)
October 21: Disability Mentoring Day (United States)
October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day (International)
October 24: World Polio Day (International)
October 25: International Dwarfism Awareness Day (International)
October 25: World Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Day (International)
October 25-31: National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week (United States)
October 29: World Stroke Day (International)

November 2026

COPD Awareness Month (National)
Diabetes Awareness Month (United States)
Lung Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
National Epilepsy Awareness Month (United States)
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Movember (Men’s Health Awareness) (International)
November 8: Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
November 12: World Pneumonia Day (International)
November 14: World Diabetes Day (International)
November 15: World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
November 18: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day (International)
November 29: World Pancreatic Cancer Day (International)

December 2026

December 1: World AIDS Day (International)
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (International)
December 4-5: European Day of Persons with Disabilities (Europe, 2026 link not yet available)
December 10: Human Rights Day (International)
December 27: International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (International)

Dates in 2025

The following is a list of the disability awareness, inclusion or other days in 2025.

January 2025

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Glaucoma Awareness Month (United States)
January 4: World Braille Day (International)
January 11: Paget’s Awareness Day (International)
January 20-21: Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (Europe)
January 24: Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
January 30: World Leprosy Day (International)

February 2025

Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month (International)
Low Vision Awareness Month (United State)
February 3-9: Tinnitus Awareness Week (United States)
February 4: World Cancer Day (International)
February 2-8: White Cane Week (Canada)
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
February 7-14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (United States)
February 10: International Epilepsy Day (International)
February 11: World Day of the Sick (International Catholic)
February 14: Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day (United States)
February 15: International Childhood Cancer Day (International)
February 17-23: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (United States)
February 22: National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day (United States)
February 22: World Encephalitis Day (International)
February 28: HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day (United States)
February 28: Rare Disease Day (International)

March 2025

Brain Injury Awareness Month (United States)
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month (United States)
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention Awareness Month (United States)
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (United States)
Endometriosis Awareness Month (United States)
Essential Tremor Month (United States)
Kidney Month (United States)
MS Awareness Month (United States)
Trisomy Awareness Month (United States)
March 1: Disability Community Day of Mourning (International)
March 1: International Wheelchair Day (International)
March 1: Self Injury/Harm Awareness Day (United States)
March 2: World Teen Mental Health Day (International)
March 3: World Hearing Day (International)
March 9-15: World Glaucoma Week (International)
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
March 18: National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day (International)
March 20: National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day (International)
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day (International)
March 26: Purple Day for Epilepsy (International)
March 27: Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) Awareness Day (International)

April 2025

Autism Acceptance Month (United States)
Cushing’s Awareness Month (International)
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month (International)
Paralyzed Veterans Across America Month (United States)
Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month (United States)
Parkinson’s Awareness Month (United States)
Sarcoidosis Awareness Month (United States)
Stress Awareness Month (United States)
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day (International)
April 4: Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Remembrance Day (United States)
April 6: Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day (United States)
April 8: Cushing’s Awareness Day (International)
April 10: National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
April 11: World Parkinson’s Day (International)
April 13: Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Day (International)
April 16-22 - Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (United States)
April 17: World Hemophilia Day (International)
April 19: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day (United States)
April 22-29: World Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Week (International)
April 25: World Malaria Day (International)
April 29: World Wish Day (International)
April 30: International Guide Dog Day (International)

May 2025

Mental Health Awareness Month (United States)
Fibromyalgia Awareness Month (United States)
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (United States)
ALS Awareness Month (International)
Apraxia Awareness Month (United States)
American Stroke Month (United States)
Arthritis Awareness Month (United States)
National Speech-Language-Hearing Month (United States)
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month (United States)
Brain Tumor Awareness Month (United States)
Celiac Disease Awareness Month (International)
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month (United States)
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) Month (International)
Hepatitis Awareness Month (United States)
High Blood Pressure Education Month (United States)
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month (International)
Lupus Awareness Month (International)
National Lyme Disease Awareness Month (United States)
National Mobility Awareness Month (United States)
Myositis Awareness Month (United States)
Older Americans Month (United States)
May 4-10: Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week (United States)
May 5: International 5p- Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
May 6: World Asthma Day (International)
May 6: Wishbone Day: International Day of Osteogenesis Imperfecta Awareness (International)
May 5-11: Deaf Awareness Week (United States)
May 5-11: Heart Failure Awareness Days (International)
May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day (International)
May 8: National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (United States)
May 10: World Lupus Day (International)
May 12: International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (International)
May 12-19: International Face Equality Week (International)
May 15: International Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Awareness Day (International)
May 15: Global Accessibility Awareness Day (International)
May 15: Mental Health Action Day (United States)
May 16: International Celiac Disease Awareness Day (International)
May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (United States)
May 18-24: National Eosinophil Awareness Week (United States)
May 19-25: Action for Brain Injury Awareness Week (United States)
May 19: National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
May 20: Behcet’s Disease Awareness Day (International)
May 20: International Blue Cone Monochromacy Awareness Day (International)
May 20: World Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day (International)
May 23: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (International)
May 24: World Schizophrenia Day (International)
May 25: World Thyroid Day (International)
May 30: World Multiple Sclerosis Day (International)

June 2025

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month (United States)
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month (United States)
CDKL5 Awareness Month (United States)
Migraine and Headache Awareness Month (United States)
PTSD Awareness Month (United States)
June 1: National Cancer Survivors Day (United States)
June 5: HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (United States)
June 7: Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
June 8: World Brain Tumor Day (International)
June 9: World APS Day (International)
June 13: International Albinism Awareness Day (International)
June 16-22: Learning Disability Week (International)
June 17: CDKL5 Awareness Day (International)
June 18: Autistic Pride Day (International)
June 19: World Sickle Cell Day (International)
June 21: Global Day of Recognition of ALS/MND (International)
June 22-June 28: Deafblind Awareness Week (United States)
June 23: International Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
June 25: World Vitiligo Day (International)
June 27: Helen Keller’s Birthday
June 27: PTSD Screening Day (United States)
June 27: National HIV Testing Day (United States)
June 29: World Scleroderma Day (International)
June 30: Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) Awareness Day (United States)

July 2025

Disability Pride Month (United States)
BIPOC Mental Health Month (United States)
Fragile X Awareness Month (United States)
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month (United States)
National Wheelchair Beautification Month (United States)
Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
July 13: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Awareness Day (International)
July 21: Zero HIV Stigma Day (International)
July 22: Fragile X Awareness Day (United States)
July 23: World Sjogren’s Day (International)
July 24: National Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Day
July 24: Samaritans Awareness Day (UK)
July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary (United States)
July 28: World Hepatitis Day (International)
July 30: Gastroschisis Awareness Day (International)

August 2025

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Awareness Month (United States)
August 20: Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
August 21: National Senior Citizens Day (United States)
August 30: National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

September 2025

Achalasia Awareness Month (International)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Alopecia Areata Awareness Month (United States)
Blood Cancer Awareness Month (International)
National Guide Dog Month (United States)
National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month (United States)
Suicide Prevention Month (United States)
Pain Awareness Month (International)
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month (United States)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month (United States)
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month (United States)
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month (International)
World Alzheimer’s Month (International)
September 7: World Duchenne Awareness Day (International)
September 7-13: National Suicide Prevention Week (United States)
September 8-12: Disability Voting Rights Week (United States)
September 9: National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness (NAIRHHA) Day (United States)
September 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness (FASD) Day (International)
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day (International)
September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day (International)
September 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (United States)
September 20: Usher Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
September 21: World Alzheimer’s Day (International)
September 22-28: International Week of Deaf People (International)
September 22: World Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Day (International)
September 23: International Day of Sign Languages (International)
September 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day (International)
September 25: World Lung Day (International)
September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day (United States)
September 27: National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
September 30: Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day (International)

October 2025

ADHD Awareness Month (International)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Down Syndrome Awareness Month (International)
Dysautonomia Awareness Month (International)
Dyslexia Awareness Month (International)
Eczema Awareness Month (United States)
Facial Pain Awareness Month (United States)
Liver Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month (United States)
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (United States)
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month (International)
Selective Mutism Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month (United States)
October 2: National Disabled Author’s Day (United States)
October 5: American Veterans Disabled for Life Awareness Day (United States)
October 5-11: Mental Illness Awareness Week (United States)
October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day (International)
October 6-12: Dyslexia Awareness Week (UK)
October 6-12: Dyspraxia Awareness Week (International)
October 7: Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day (International)
October 7: Team Margot Donor Registration Day (United States)
October 9: PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day (International)
October 9: World Sight Day (International)
October 10: World Mental Health Day (International)
October 12-18: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Awareness Week (International)
October 13: Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (United States)
October 13: World Thrombosis Day (International)
October 15: Blind Americans Equality Day (White Cane Safety Day) (United States)
October 15: Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day (United States)
October 15: Disability Mentoring Day (United States)
October 15: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
October 20: World Osteoporosis Day (International)
October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day (International)
October 24: World Polio Day (International)
October 25: International Dwarfism Awareness Day (International)
October 25: World Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Day (International)
October 25-31: National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week (United States)
October 29: World Stroke Day (International)

November 2025

COPD Awareness Month (National)
Diabetes Awareness Month (United States)
Lung Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
National Epilepsy Awareness Month (United States)
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Movember (Men’s Health Awareness) (International)
November 8: Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
November 12: World Pneumonia Day (International)
November 14: World Diabetes Day (International)
November 15: World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
November 19: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day (International)
November 20: World Pancreatic Cancer Day (International)

December 2025

December 1: World AIDS Day (International)
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (International)
December 4-5: European Day of Persons with Disabilities (Europe)
December 10: Human Rights Day (International)
December 27: International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (International)

Dates in 2024

The following is a list of the disability awareness, inclusion or other days in 2024.

January 2024

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Glaucoma Awareness Month (United States)
January 4: World Braille Day (International)
January 11: Paget’s Awareness Day (International)
January 15-21: European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (Europe)
January 24: Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
January 28: World Leprosy Day (International)

February 2024

Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month (International)
Low Vision Awareness Month (United State)
February 3-9: Tinnitus Awareness Week (United States)
February 4: World Cancer Day (International)
February 5-9: White Cane Week (Canada)
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
February 7-14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (United States)
February 11: World Day of the Sick (International Catholic)
February 12: International Epilepsy Day (International)
February 14: Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day (United States)
February 15: International Childhood Cancer Day (International)
February 22: National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day (United States)
February 22: World Encephalitis Day (International)
February 26-March 3: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (United States)
February 28: HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day (United States)
February 29: Rare Disease Day (International)

March 2024

Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month (United States)
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention Awareness Month (United States)
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (United States)
Endometriosis Awareness Month (United States)
Essential Tremor Month (United States)
Kidney Month (United States)
Trisomy Awareness Month (United States)
March 1: Disability Community Day of Mourning (International)
March 1: International Wheelchair Day (International)
March 2: World Teen Mental Health Day (International)
March 3: World Hearing Day (International)
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
March 10-16: World Glaucoma Week (International)
March 18: National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day (International)
March 20: National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day (International)
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day (International)
March 25: U.S. National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day (United States)
March 26: Purple Day for Epilepsy (International)
March 27: Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) Awareness Day (International)

April 2024

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month (United States)
Autism Acceptance Month (United States)
Cushing Disease Awareness Month (International)
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month (International)
Paralyzed Veterans Across America Month (United States)
Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month (United States)
Parkinson’s Awareness Month (United States)
Sarcoidosis Awareness Month (United States)
Stress Awareness Month (United States)
April 2: World Autism Acceptance Day (International)
April 4: Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Remembrance Day (United States)
April 6: Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day (United States)
April 8: Cushing Disease Awareness Day (International)
April 10: National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
April 11: World Parkinson’s Day (International)
April 16-22 - Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (United States)
April 17: World Hemophilia Day (International)
April 19: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day (United States)
April 22-29: World Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Week (International)
April 24: World Meningitis Day (International)
April 24: International Guide Dog Day (International)
April 25: World Malaria Day (International)
April 29: World Wish Day (International)
April 29-May 5: Heart Failure Awareness Days (Europe)
Unannounced - Porphyria Awareness Week (International)

May 2024

Mental Health Awareness Month (United States)
Fibromyalgia Awareness Month (United States)
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (United States)
ALS Awareness Month (International)
Apraxia Awareness Month (United States)
American Stroke Month (United States)
Arthritis Awareness Month (United States)
Better Speech and Hearing Month (United States)
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month (International)
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month (United States)
Brain Tumor Awareness Month (United States)
Celiac Awareness Month (United States)
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month (United States)
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Month (International)
Hepatitis Awareness Month (United States)
High Blood Pressure Education Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month (International)
National Lyme Disease Awareness Month (United States)
Mobility Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Myositis Awareness Month
Older Americans Month
May 5: International 5p Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
May 5: World Asthma Day (International)
May 6: Wishbone Day: International Day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta (International)
May 6-12: Deaf Awareness Week (United States)
May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day (International)
May 9: National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (United States)
May 10: Ependymoma Awareness Day (International)
May 10: World Lupus Day (International)
May 11-17: Brain Injury Awareness Week (United States)
May 12: International ME/CFS Awareness Day (International)
May 13-19: Face Equality Week (International)
May 15: International Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Awareness Day (International)
May 16: Global Accessibility Awareness Day (International)
May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (United States)
May 19-25: National Eosinophil Awareness Week (United States)
May 19: National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
May 19: Mental Health Action Day
May 20: International Behcet’s Disease Awareness Day
May 20: International Blue Cone Monochromacy Awareness Day
May 20: World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (International)
May 23: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (International)
May 24: World Schizophrenia Awareness Day (International)
May 25: World Thyroid Day (International)
May 30: World Multiple Sclerosis Day (International)

June 2024

Self-Injury Awareness Month (United States)
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month
Hemiplegic Migraine Awareness Month
Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
PTSD Awareness Month
June 2: National Cancer Survivors Day (United States)
June 5: HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (United States)
June 8: World Brain Tumor Day
June 13: International Albinism Awareness Day
June 17: CDKL5 Worldwide Awareness Day (International)
June 18: Autistic Pride Day (International)
June 19: World Sickle Cell Day
June 20-26: Learning Disability Week
June 21: Global Day of Recognition of ALS/MND
June 23: Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day
June 23: Neuropathy Action Awareness Day
June 25: World Vitiligo Awareness Day
June 25-July 1: Deafblind Awareness Week (United States)
June 27: Helen Keller’s Birthday
June 27: PTSD Screening Day
June 27: National HIV Testing Day (United States)
June 29: World Scleroderma Awareness Day
June 30: Arthrogryposis Awareness Day

July 2024

Brain Injury Awareness Month (United States)
Disability Pride Month
CDKL5 Awareness Month (United States)
BIPOC Mental Health Month
Fragile X (FXS) Awareness Month
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
National Wheelchair Beautification Month
Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month
July 13: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Awareness Day
July 21: Zero HIV Stigma Day (United States)
July 23: World Sjogren’s Day
July 24: National Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Day
July 24: Samaritans Awareness Day
July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary (United States)
July 28: World Hepatitis Day (International)
July 30: Gastroschisis Awareness Day

August 2024

National Trisomy Awareness Month (United States)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Awareness Month
August 20: Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
August 21: National Senior Citizens Day
August 27: National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

September 2024

Achalasia Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Alopecia Awareness Month (United States)
Lymphoma Awareness Month
Craniofacial Awareness Month
National Guide Dog Month
National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Orthostatic Tremor Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
World Alzheimer’s Disease Month (International)
September 7: World Duchenne Awareness Day
September 8-14: Suicide Prevention Week
September 9: National African Immigrants and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day
September 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness (FASD) Day (United States)
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
September 13: Celiac Disease Awareness Day
September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day
September 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (United States)
September 19: Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
September 20-26: International Week of the Deaf (International)
September 21: World Alzheimer’s Day
September 22: World Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Day
September 23: International Day of Sign Language (International)
September 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day
September 25: World Lung Day
September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day
September 27: National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
September 30: Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day
Unannounced - National Disability Voting Rights Week

October 2024

ADHD Awareness Month (International)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (United States)
Colon Cancer Awareness Month
Depression Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dwarfism Awareness Month
Dysautonomia Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eczema Awareness Month
Liver Cancer Awareness Month
Learning Disability Awareness Month (United States)
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Raynaud’s Awareness Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Selective Mutism Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
October 2: National Disabled Author’s Day (United States)
October 5: American Veterans Disabled for Life Awareness Day
October 6-12: Mental Health Awareness Week (United States)
October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day (International)
October 7-11: Dyslexia Awareness Week (Europe)
October 7: International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day (United States)
October 7: Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day
October 9: PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day (United States)
October 10: World Mental Health Day (International)
October 13: World Sight Day (International)
October 13: Breast Cancer Awareness Day (United States)
October 13: World Thrombosis Day (International)
October 13-19: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Awareness Week (International)
October 13-19: Dyspraxia Awareness Week (International)
October 15: Blind Americans Equality Day (White Cane Safety Day) (United States)
October 15: National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
October 16: Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day (United States)
October 16: Disability Mentoring Day (International)
October 20: World Osteoporosis Day (International)
October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day (International)
October 24: World Polio Day (International)
October 25: World Hydrocephalus Day (International)
October 25-31: International Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week (United States)
October 29: Stroke Day (International)

November 2024

COPD Awareness Month
Dercum’s Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa) Awareness Month
Diabetes Awareness Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Awareness Month
Movember
November 8: Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day
November 12: World Pneumonia Day (International)
November 14: World Diabetes Day (International)
November 15: World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day
November 19: World COPD Day
November 20: World Pancreatic Cancer Day

December 2024

HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
December 1: World AIDS Day (United States)
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (International)
December 10: Human Rights Day (Canada)
December 27: International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
Unannounced - European Day of Persons with Disabilities (Europe)