Disability awareness dates
We list disability and health awareness days to help our membership plan information and events for employees and customers. While we make every effort to verify these dates we strongly recommend that you check all sources before publishing details.
We also welcome suggestions for other awareness days, please contact us if you have any suggestions.
2020
January
- 4 – World Braille Day
- 20 – Blue Monday
- 20-26 – Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
- 30 – Young Carers Day
February
- 3-9 – Children’s Mental Health Week
- 4 – World Cancer Day
- 6 – Time to Talk Day
March
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- 1 – Zero Discrimination Day
- 1- Self-injury and Harm Awareness Day
- 3 – World Hearing Day
- 5 – University Mental Health Day
- 6 – Employee Appreciation Day
- 8 – International Women’s Day
- 15 – World Consumers Rights Day
- 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
- 30 – 5 (April) – World Autism Week
April
- National Autism Awareness Month
- Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
- 2 – World Autism Day
- 7 – World Health Day
- 20-26 – MS Awareness Week
May
- 4-10 – Deaf Awareness Week
- 5 – World Asthma Day
- 12 – ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day
- 15-21 (TBC) – Epilepsy Awareness Week
- 18-24 – Learning at Work Week
- 18-24 – Mental Health Awareness Week
- 18-24 – Scottish Learning Disability Week
- 19 – World IBD Day
- 21 – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
June
- 28 – PKU Awareness Day
July
September
- World Alzheimer’s Month (TBC)
- World Heart Day (TBC)
- 10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
- 21 – World Alzheimer’s Day
- 23 – International Day of Sign Languages
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- World Cerebral Palsy Day (TBC)
- World Arthritis Day (TBC)
- 5-11 – Dyslexia Week
- 10 – World Mental Health Day
- 12-16 – National Work Life Week
- 22 – International Stammering Awareness Day
- 29 – World Stroke Day
November
- Men’s Health Awareness Month
- Movember
- World Diabetes Day (TBC)
- Cancer Support Scotland Awareness Day (TBC)
- 2-6 – International Stress Awareness Week
- 6 – National Stress Awareness Day