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January 2025

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February 2025

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March 2025

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April 2025

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June 2025

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July 2025

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August 2025

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November 2025

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Dates in 2024

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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)