Awareness Calendar

2025 Calendar of Disability Events and Activities


Date(s)	Event Name	Location	Website
JANUARY
January	Co-dependency Awareness Month	United States
January	Glaucoma Awareness Month	United States
4-Jan	World Braille Day (United Nations Day)	Global
24-Jan	Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day	Global
29-Jan	World Leprosy Day	Global
30-Jan	Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Awareness Day	United States
FEBRUARY
February	Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month	United States
1-7 Feb	White Cane Week	Canada
2-Feb	Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day	United States
4-Feb	World Cancer Day	Global
11-Feb	World Day of the Sick	Global
14-Feb	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day / Week & Rock Your Scar Campaign	Global
14-Feb	National Donor Day	United States
15-Feb	International Childhood Cancer Day	Global
20-Feb	World Day of Social Justice (United Nations)	Global
22-Feb	National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day	United States
27 Feb-Mar 5	Eating Disorder Awareness Week	United States
27-Feb	Anosmia Awareness Day	Global
29-Feb	Rare Disease Day	Global
MARCH
March	Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month	United States
March	Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month	United States
March	Color Therapy Month	United States
March	Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month	United States
March	Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention Awareness Month	United States
March	Endometriosis Awareness Month	Global
March	Epilepsy Month	Canada
March	Essential Tremor Month	International
March	Kidney Month	United States
March	Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month	United States
March	Red Cross Month	United States
March	Red Cross Month	Canada
March	Self-Injury Awareness Month	United States, Canada
March	Brain Injury Awareness Month	Global
March	Trisomy Awareness Month	United States, Canada
1-Mar	Self-Injury Awareness Day	Global
1-Mar	International Wheelchair Day	Global
1-Mar	Disability Day of Mourning	United States
6-Mar	World Lymphoma Awareness Day	Global
10-Mar	National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day	United States
10-16 Mar	World Glaucoma Week	Global
18-Mar	National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day	United States
21-Mar	World Down Syndrome Day (United Nations Day)	Global
24-Mar	World Tuberculosis Day (WHO)	Global
25-Mar	National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day	United States
26-Mar	Purple Day for Epilepsy	Global
27-Mar	Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) Awareness Day	Global
APRIL
April	Paralyzed Veterans Across America Month	United States
April	Cushing Disease/Syndrome Awareness Month	United States
April	Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month	Global
April	Parkinson's Awareness Month	United States
April	National Donate Life Month	United States
April	Limb Loss Awareness Month	United States
2-Apr	World Autism Awareness Day (United Nations)	Global
2-8	Autism Acceptance Week	United Kingdom
2-8 Apr	Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week	United States
6-Apr	Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day	Global
7-Apr	World Health Day	Global
7-Apr	(United Nations Day)	Global
8-Apr	Cushing Disease/Syndrome Awareness Day	United States
10-Apr	National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day	United States
11-Apr	Parkinson's Disease International Awareness Day	Global
13-Apr	Sarcoidosis Awareness Day	Global
17-Apr	World Hemophilia Day (United Nations Day)	Global
19-Apr	Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day	Global
19-Apr	Prophyria Awareness Week	Global
20-27 Apr	World Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Week	Global
24-30 Apr	National MS Awareness Week	United Kingdom
23-Apr	Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Awareness Day	Global
25-Apr	World Malaria Day (WHO)	Global
28-Apr	World Day for Safety and Health at Work (United Nations)	Global
29-Apr	World Wish Day	Global
MAY
May	ALS Awareness Month	United States
May	Arthritis Month	United States
May	Apraxia Awareness Month	United States
May	Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month	United States
May	Better Speech and Hearing Month	United States
May	Bladder Cancer Awareness Month	Global
May	Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month	United States
May	Brain Injury Awareness Month	United States
May	Brain Tumor Awareness Month	United States
May	Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month	United States
May	Celiac Awareness Month	United States
May	Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Awareness Month	United States
May	Hepatitis Awareness Month	United States
May	High Blood Pressure Education Month	United States
May	Huntington's Disease Awareness Month	United States
May	Lupus Awareness Month	United States
May	Lyme Disease Awareness Month	Global
May	Myositis Awareness Month	United States
May	Mental Health Month	United States
May	Mobility Awareness Month	United States
May	NF Awareness Month	Global
May	Older Americans Month	United States
May	Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month	United States
May	Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month	Canada
May	American Stroke Month	United States
2-May	World Asthma Day	Global
5-May	International 5p Syndrome Awareness Day	Global
5-May	Ependymoma Awareness Day	United States
5-May	European Independent Living Day	Europe
7-May	National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day	United States
8-May	World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day	Global
8-May	World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day	Global
10-May	World Lupus Day	Global
12-May	International Fibromyalgia (FM) Awareness Day	Global
12-May	International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND)	Global
15-May	International Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Awareness Day	Global
15-May to 15-June	Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month	United States
16-May	Global Accessibility Awareness Day	Global
17-May	World NF Awareness Day	Global
20-May	International Behcet's Disease Awareness Day	Global
20-May	International Blue Cone Monochromacy Awareness Day	Global
20-May	World Autoimmune Arthritis Day	Global
23-May	International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (United Nations)	Global
24-May	Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day (Canada)	Canada
25-May	World Thyroid Day (WTD)	Global
28 May-3 Jun	National AccessAbility Week	Canada
30-May	World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day	Global
JUNE
June	Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month	Global
June	Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month	United States
June	Deafblind Awareness Month	Canada
June	Migraine and Headache Awareness Month	United States
June	PTSD Awareness Month	United States
5-Jun	National Cancer Survivors Day	United States
8-Jun	World Brain Tumor Day	Global
11-Jun	Neuropathy Action Awareness Day	United States
13-Jun	International Albinism Awareness Day (United Nations)	Global
17-Jun	CDKL5 Worldwide Awareness Day	Global
18-Jun	Autistic Pride Day	United States
19-Jun	World Sickle Cell Day	Global	.
21-Jun	Global Day of Recognition of ALS/MND	Global
23-Jun	Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day	United States
25-Jun	World Vitiligo Awareness Day	Global
26-28 Jun	Helen Keller Deaf Blind Awareness Week (dates may shift each year)	Global
27-Jun	Helen Keller Day	United States
29-Jun	World Scleroderma Awareness Day	Global
30-Jun	Arthrogryposis Awareness Day	United States
JULY
July	Disability Pride Month	United States, Global
July	Fragile X (FXS) Awareness Month	United States
July	National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month	United States
July	Sarcoma Research Awareness Month	United States
13-Jul	Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Awareness Day	United States
14-Jul	Disability Awareness Day (DAD)	United Kingdom
23-Jul	World Sjogren's Day	Global
24-Jul	National Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Day	United States
26-Jul	Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary	United States
28-Jul	World Hepatitis Day	Global
30-Jul	Gastroschisis Awareness Day	United States
AUGUST
August	Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month	United States
August	Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Awareness	United States
August	Psoriasis Action Month	United States
20-Aug	National Accessible Air Travel Day	United States
21-Aug	National Senior Citizens Day	United States
SEPTEMBER
September	Alopecia Awareness Month	United States
September	Achalasia Awareness Month	United States
September	Childhood Cancer Awareness Month	United States
September	Lymphoma Awareness Month	United States
September	National Guide Dog Month	United States
September	National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month	United States
September	National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month	United States
September	Orthostatic Tremor Awareness Month	United States
September	Pain Awareness Month	United States
September	Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month	United States
September	Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month	United States
September	Prostate Awareness Month	United States
September	Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month	United States
September	Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month	United States
September	World Alzheimer's Month	Global
7-Sep	Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy	United States
9-Sep	International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day (FASD)	Global
13-Sep	Celiac Disease Awareness Day	United States
15-Sep	World Lymphoma Awareness Day - Hodgkin's Lymphoma	Global
16-Sep	Disability Awareness Day	United Kingdom
18-Sep	National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day	United States
16-Sep	Usher Syndrome Awareness Day	Global
21-Sep	World Alzheimer's Day	Global
22-Sep	World Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Day	Global
18-24 Sep	International Week of the Deaf (may change each year)	Global
23-Sep	International Day of Sign Languages (may change each year)	Global
25-Sep	International Ataxia Awareness Day	Global
26-Sep	Mesothelioma Awareness Day	United States
29-Sep	International Day of the Deaf / World Deaf Day	Global
30-Sep	Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day	United States
OCTOBER
October	ADHD Awareness Month	United States
October	Breast Cancer Awareness Month	United States
October	Colon Cancer Awareness Month	United States
October	Depression Education and Awareness Month	United States
October	Down Syndrome Awareness Month	United States
October	Dwarfism Awareness Month	United States
October	Dysautonomia Awareness Month	Global
October	Dyslexia Awareness Month	United States
October	Eczema Awareness Month	United States
October	Liver Cancer Awareness Month	United States
October	Learning Disability Awareness Month	United States
October	Disability Employment Awareness Month	Global
October	Raynaud's Awareness Month	United States
October	Rett Syndrome Awareness Month	United States
October	Selective Mutism Awareness Month	United States
October	Spina Bifida Awareness Month	United States
October	Stomp Out Bullying Month	United States
1-Oct	Internationl Day of Older Persons (United Nations)	Global
5-Oct	World Day of Bullying Prevention	Global
5-Oct	American Veterans Disabled for Life Awareness Day	United States
5-Oct	World Meningitis Day	Global
6-Oct	World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day	Global
7-Oct	International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day	Global
7-Oct	Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day	United States
9-Oct	PANDAS / PANS Awareness Day	United States
10-Oct	World Mental Health Day	Global
13-Oct	World Sight Day	Global
13-Oct	Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day	United States
13-Oct	World Thrombosis Day	Global
15-Oct	Blind Americans Safety Day / White Can Safety Day	United States
18-Oct	Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day	United States
20-Oct	World Osteoporosis Day	Global
20-31 Oct	Disability Mentoring Days (Starts on the Third Wednesday of each October)	United States
22-Oct	International Stuttering Awareness Day	Global
24-Oct	World Polio Day	Global
25-Oct	Hydrocephalus Day	Global
25-31 Oct	International Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week	Global
29-Oct	World Stroke Day	Global
NOVEMBER
November	COPD Awareness Month	United States
November	Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month	United States
November	Alzheimer's Awareness Month	United States
November	Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa) Awareness month	United States
November	Diabetes Awareness Month	United States
November	Epilepsy Awareness Month	United States
November	Lung Cancer Awareness Month	United States
November	Prostate Cancer / Men's Health Awareness month	United States
7-11 Nov	International Stress Awareness Week (may change each year)	Global
7-Nov	Cancer Awareness Day	India
8-Nov	Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day	United States
11-Nov	World Usability Day	Global
12-Nov	World Pneumonia Day	Global
13-Nov	World Pancreatic Cancer Day	Global
14-Nov	orld Diabetes Day (United Nations)W	Global
15-Nov	World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day	Global
18-Nov	World COPD Day	Global
	European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities	Europe
24-Nov	N24 Awareness Day	United States
30-Nov - 1-Dec	European Day of Persons with Disabilities (actual dates will change each year)	Europe
DECEMBER
December	Constipation Awareness Month	United States
1-Dec	World AIDS Day (United Nations)	Global
3-Dec	International Day of the Disabled Person (United Nations)	Global
10-Dec	Human Rights Day (United Nations)	Global

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