Disability Awareness Dates
Here we list upcoming disability and health awareness days to inform our members and supporters. We make every effort to continuously verify and update these dates on a regular basis.
2024
January
- 4 – World Braille day
- 11 – Human Trafficking Awareness Day
- 15 – Blue Monday
- 22 – Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
- 24 – International Day of Education
February
- 1 – Dignity Action Day
- 1 – Time to Talk Day
- 4 – World Cancer Day
- 5-11 – Tinnitus Awareness Week
- 12 – International Epilepsy Day
- 29 – Rare Disease Day
March
- Brain Tumour Awareness Month
- 1 – Zero Discrimination Day
- 1 – International Wheelchair Day
- 3 – World Hearing Day
- 3 – Marie Curie’s Day of Reflection
- 8 – International Women’s day
- 18-24 – Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
- 26 – Purple day
- 27 – World Autism Acceptance Week
- 28 – Wear A Hat Day (Brain Tumour Research’s annual event)
- 30 – World Bipolar Day
- 31 – International Transgender Visibility Day
April
- Stress Awareness Month
- 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
- 7 – World Health day
- 11 – World Parkinson’s Day
- 22-28 – MS Awareness Week
May
- 10 – World Lupus Day
- 13-19 – Mental Health Awareness week
- 16 – Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
- 13-19 – Dementia Action week
- 20-26 – Action for Brain Injury week
June
- Step up for 30 for Bowel Cancer UK
- 3-8 – National growing for wellbeing week
- 6-12 – World Heart Rhythm week
- 10-16 – Carers’ Week
- 10-16 – Men’s Health week
- 10-16 – Diabetes week
- 17-23 – Learning Disability Week
- 21-27 – Love Your Lungs week
- 24-30 – Deafblind Awareness week
July
- 1-7 – Dyspraxia Week
- 24 – Talk to Us (Samaritans’ awareness campaign)
- 25 – National Schizophrenia Awareness Day
September
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- 8-14 – Know Your Numbers (blood pressure) Awareness Week
- 21 – World Alzheimer’s Day
- 23 – International Day of Sign Languages
- 23-29 – National Inclusion Week
- 23-29 – Occupational Health Awareness Week
October
- ADHD Awareness Month
- 10 – World Mental Health Day
- 10 – World Sight Day
- 7-13 – Dyslexia Awareness Week
- 7-11 – National Work Life Week
- 18 – World Menopause Day
November
- 12 – Purple Tuesday
- 16 Nov – 16 Dec – UK Disability History Month
- 21 – Carers Rights Day
December