2026 Calendar of Disability Events and Activities

Date	Event
January

01/01-01/31	Co-dependency Awareness Month
01/01-01/31	Birth Defects Prevention Month
01/01-01/31	Glaucoma Awareness Month
01/01-01/31	Thyroid Awareness Month
01/04	World Braille Day
01/20	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
01/24	Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
01/26	Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day
01/26	World Leprosy Day
01/30	Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Awareness Day
February
02/01-02/28	Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month
02/01-02/28	American Heart Association Month
02/01-02/28	Black History Month (African 980American History Month)
02/01-02/28	Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month
02/01-02/28	National Cancer Prevention Month
02/01-02/28	Turner Syndrome Awareness Month
02/02	Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
02/02-02/08	White Cane Week
02/04	World Cancer Day
02/07	National Wear Red Day (American Heart Association)
02/07-02/14	Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Awareness Week
02/09-02/15	Random Acts of Kindness Week
02/15	International Childhood Cancer Day
02/10	International Epilepsy Day
02/14	National Donor Day
02/15	International Angelman Day
02/15	International Childhood Cancer Day
02/17	Random Acts of Kindness Day
02/20	World Day of Social Justice
02/22	National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
02/22	World Encephalitis Day
02/24-03/02	National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
02/26	Time to Talk Day (Mental Health)
02/27	Anosmia Awareness Day

March
03/01-03/31	Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Bleeding Disorder Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Brain Injury Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Endometriosis Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Essential Tremor Month
03/01-03/31	Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	National Developmental Disabilities Month
03/01-03/31	National Kidney Month
03/01-03/31	National Women’s History Month
03/01-03/31	Red Cross Month
03/01-03/31	Social Work Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Trisomy Awareness Month
03/01-03/31	Workplace Eye Wellness Month
03/01	Disability Community Day of Mourning
03/01	International Wheelchair Day
03/01	Self-Injury Awareness Day
03/03	World Hearing Day
03/03	International Dyscalculia Awareness Day
03/05	Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
03/08	International Women’s Day
03/09-03/15	Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week
03/09-03/15	World Glaucoma Week
03/10	National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
03/17-03/23	Neurodiversity Celebration Week

03/18	National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day
03/21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
03/21	World Down Syndrome Day
03/24	World Tuberculosis Day
03/25	National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day
03/25-03/26	Purple Day for Epilepsy
03/30	World Bipolar Day
02/28	Rare Disease Day

April
04/01-04/30	Autism Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	National Deaf History Month
04/01-04/30	National Stress Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Occupational Therapy Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Paralyzed Veterans Across America Month
04/01-04/30	Parkinson’s Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
04/01-04/30	Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
04/02	Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
04/02	World Autism Awareness Day
04/06	Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
04/07	World Health Day
04/08	Cushing Disease/Syndrome Awareness Day
04/10	National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
04/11	World Parkinson’s Day
04/15	National American Sign Language (ASL) Day
04/17	World Hemophilia Day
04/22	Earth Day
04/22-04/29	World Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Week
04/28	World Day for Safety and Health at Work (United Nations)
May
05/01-05/31	Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Arthritis Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Brain Tumor Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Celiac Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Health Vision Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Hepatitis Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	High Blood Pressure Education Month
05/01-05/31	Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Inherited Retinal Disease Genetic Testing Month

05/01-05/31	Lupus Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Lyme Disease Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Mental Health Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Mobility Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Myositis Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	National Mobility Month
05/01-05/31	National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
05/01-05/31	National Speech-Language-Hearing Month
05/01-05/31	Neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Prader Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Stroke Awareness Month
05/01-05/31	Williams Syndrome Awareness Month
05/01	International Labor Day/Workers’ Day
05/05	European Independent Living Day
05/06	World Asthma Day
05/08	World Ovarian Cancer Day
05/08	World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
05/09-05/15	Stuttering Awareness Week
05/10	World Lupus Day
05/12	Fibromyalgia (FM) Awareness Day
05/12	International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND)
05/12-05/16	Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week
05/11-05/17	National Women’s Health Week
05/14	Apraxia Awareness Day
05/15	Tuberous Sclerosis Global Awareness Day
05/15	Global Accessibility Awareness Day
05/15-06/15	Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month
05/17	International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
05/17	World Neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Day
05/20	International Behcet’s Disease Awareness Day
05/20	International Blue Cone Monochromacy Awareness Day
05/20	World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
05/21	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
05/24	Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day (Canada)
05/25	World Thyroid Day (WTD)
05/25-05/31	National Access Ability Week (Canada)
05/26	Memorial Day
05/30	World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Day

June
06/01-06/30	Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
06/01-06/30	Aphasia Awareness Month
06/01-06/30	Cataract Awareness Month
06/01-06/30	Dravet Syndrome Awareness Month
06/01-06/30	Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
06/01	National Cancer Survivors Day
06/07	Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day
06/08	World Brain Tumor Day
06/16	International Albinism Awareness Day
06/18	Autistic Pride Day
06/19	World Sickle Cell Day
06/21	Global Day of Recognition of ALS/MND
06/22-06/28	Helen Keller DeafBlind Awareness Week
06/23	Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day
06/25	World Vitiligo Awareness Day
July
07/01-07/31	Disability Pride Month
07/01-07/31	National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
07/01-07/31	National Fragile X Syndrome Awareness Month
07/01-07/31	Sarcoma Research Awareness Month
07/04	US Independence Day
07/13	Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Awareness Day
07/14	Disability Awareness Day (DAD) (United Kingdom)
07/22	World Fragile X Syndrome Awareness Day
07/24	National Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Day
07/26	American Disability Act (ADA) Day
07/28	World Hepatitis Day

August
08/01-08/31	Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
08/01-08/31	Psoriasis Action Month
08/01-08/31	Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Awareness Month
08/07	Purple Heart Day
08/17	National Nonprofit Day
08/20	National Accessible Air Travel Day
08/21	National Senior Citizens Day
08/26	Women’s Equality Day
September
09/01-09/30	Alopecia Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Achalasia Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Blood Cancer (Leukemia & Lymphoma) Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Chiari Malformation Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Craniofacial Acceptance Month
09/01-09/30	Deaf Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Syndrome Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	National Service Dog Month
09/01-09/30	National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Pain Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Rheumatoid Disease Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Sickle Cell Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
09/01-09/30	World Alzheimer’s Month
09/01-09/30	World Suicide Prevention Month
09/01	US Labor Day
09/07	Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness – World Duchenne Awareness Day
09/10	World Suicide Prevention Day
09/15	World Lymphoma Awareness Day – Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
09/16-09/22	Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week
09/21	World Alzheimer’s Day
09/22	World Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Day
09/22-09/28	International Week of Deaf People (IWDP)
09/23	International Day of Sign Languages

09/25	International Ataxia Awareness Day (IAAD)
09/26	Mesothelioma Awareness Day
09/29	World Heart Day
09/30	Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) Awareness Day
October
10/01-10/31	ADHD Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Breast Cancer Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Depression Education and Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Down Syndrome Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Dwarfism Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Dysautonomia Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Dyslexia Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Liver Cancer Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)
10/01-10/31	Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Selective Mutism Awareness Month
10/01-10/31	Spina Bifida Awareness Month
10/02	World Cerebral Palsy Day
10/05	American Veterans Disabled for Life Awareness Day
10/05-10/11	Mental Health Awareness Week
10/06	World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day
10/09	World Sight Day/World Blind Day
10/10	World Mental Health Day
10/12	World Arthritis Day
10/13	Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
10/15	Blind Americans Safety Day \| White Cane Awareness Day
10/15	Disability Mentoring Day
10/19-10/25	Invisible Disabilities Week
10/22	Stuttering Awareness Day
10/24	United Nations Day
10/24	World Polio Day
10/25	World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day

November
11/01-11/30	Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
11/01-11/30	Diabetes Awareness Month
11/01-11/30	Epilepsy Awareness Month
11/01-11/30	Lung Cancer Awareness Month
11/01-11/30	Men’s Health Awareness Month (Prostate Cancer Awareness)
11/01-11/30	National Family Caregivers Month
11/01-11/30	National Native American Heritage Month
11/01-11/30	Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
11/01-11/30	Transgender Awareness Month
11/03-11/07	International Stress Awareness Week
11/11	Veterans Day
11/13	World Usability Day
11/13	World Kindness Day
11/14	World Diabetes Day
11/15	World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day
11/16	International Day for Tolerance
11/16	Pancreatic Cancer Day
11/19	World COPD Day
11/24-11/30	European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities
11/28-11/29	European Day of Persons with Disabilities
December
12/01	World AIDS DAY
12/02	Giving Tuesday
12/03	International Day of People with Disabilities
12/10	Human Rights Day

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