Disability Awareness and Observation Dates

January - March 2024 Awareness and Observance Dates

January

Co-dependency Awareness Month

Glaucoma Awareness Month

World Braille Day - January 4

Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day - January 24

World Leprosy Day - January 29

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Awareness Day - January 30 

February

Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month

White Cane Week - February 1-7

Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day - February 2

World Cancer Day - February 4

World Day of the Sick - February 11

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day / Week & Rock Your Scar Campaign - February 14

National Donor Day - February 14

International Childhood Cancer Day -  February 15

World Day of Social Justice (United Nations) - February 20

National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day - February 22

Eating Disorder Awareness Week - February 27 to March 5

Anosmia Awareness Day - February 27

Rare Disease Dayorld Leprosy Day - February 29

March

Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month 

Developmental Disabilities Month 

Color Therapy Month

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention Awareness Month

Endometriosis Awareness Month

Epilepsy Month

Essential Tremor Month

Kidney Month

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

Red Cross Month

Self-Injury Awareness Month 

Brain Injury Awareness Month

Trisomy Awareness Month

Self-Injury Awareness Day - March 1

International Wheelchair Day – March 1

Disability Day of Mourning - March 1

World Lymphoma Awareness Day - March 6

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - March 10

National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day - March 18

World Down Syndrome Day – March 21

World Tuberculosis Day (WHO) - March 24

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day - March 25

Purple Day for Epilepsy – March 26

Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) Awareness Day - March 27