Disability and accessibility-related events calendar
As a pan-disability charity AbilityNet links with awareness-raising days/week/months to support the work of other organisations and highlight the role of technology in helping people with all kinds of disabilities and conditions.
This calendar also includes details of events that we are running or that we are speaking at. Please do let us know if you think we've missed something.
2026 Awareness Days
Our new calendar lists awareness days for 2026 by months:
January; February; March; April; May; June; July; August; September; October; November; December
January
- 04: World Braille Day
- 11: Paget's Awareness Day
- 19: Blue Monday
- 21: Race Against Dementia Day
- 25: Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
- 25: World Leprosy Day
- 28: Data Privacy Day
- 29: Stroke Prevention Day
- 30: Parent Mental Health Day
February
- All month: Raynaud's Awareness Month
- All month: LGBT+ History Month
- All month: National Heart Month
- 01: Dignity Action Day
- 02: Rheumatoid Arthritis Day
- 02-08: Tinnitus Awareness Week
- 04: World Cancer Day
- 06: Time to Talk day
- 09: International Epilepsy Day
- 09–15: National Apprenticeships Week
- 10: Safer Internet Day
- 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day
- 22: World Encephalitis Day
- 23: Helplines Awareness Day
- 23 - 01 March: Eating Disorder Awareness Week
- 23– 01 March: Cyber Scotland Week
- 28: Rare Disease Day
- 28: Repetitive Strain Awareness Day
March
- All month: National Tremor Awareness Month
- All month: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- All month: Endometriosis Awareness Month
- All month: Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- All month: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- All month: Brain Injury Awareness Month
- 01: Zero Discrimination Day
- 01: International Wheelchair Day
- 01: Self-harm awareness Day
- 02 – 08: Facial palsy awareness week
- 02-08: National Careers Week
- 03: World Hearing Day
- 03: Dyscalculia Awareness Day
- 08: International Women's Day
- 08-14: World Glaucoma Week
- 9-13: 41st Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
- 16-20: UK Tech Week
- 16-22: Brain Awareness Week
- 12: World Glaucoma Day
- 14: University Mental Health Day
- 14: World Kidney Day
- 15: World Sleep Day
- 15: International Long Covid Awareness Day
- 16: Disabled Access Day
- 17 - 23: Nutrition and Hydration Week
- 17 - 23: Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 20: Super Social Care Staff Day
- 20: International Day of Happiness
- 21: World Down Syndrome Day
- 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 24: World Tuberculosis Day
- 25: FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) Awareness Day
- 26: Purple Day / Epilepsy Awareness Day
- 28: Wear A Hat Day for Brain Tumour Research
- 30: World Bipolar Day
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April
- All month - Limb Loss & Limb Difference Awareness Month
- All month: Stress Awareness Month
- All month: Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month
- All month: Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- All month: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
- All month: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
- All month: World Autism Acceptance Month
- All month: Ileostomy Awareness Month
- 02: World Autism Awareness Day
- 07: World Health Day
- 11: World Parkinson’s Day
- 16: World Voice Day (Recognition of mutism and stutter)
- 20-26: MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week
- 24: On your feet Britain
- 28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- 30: International Guide Dog Day
May
- All month: National walking month
- All month: Make May Purple, Stroke Awareness Month
- All month: Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- All month: Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) Awareness Month
- All month: X&Y Chromosome Variation Awareness Month
- 02: World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
- 04-10: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
- 04-10: Deaf Awareness Week
- 06-10: Viral Meningitis Awareness Week
- 06: World Asthma Day
- 07: World Password Day
- 08: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- 10: World Lupus Day
- 12: International ME Awareness Day
- 12: World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
- 11-17: Mental Health Awareness Week
- 14: Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day
- 13: Pathological Demand Avoidance Day
- 15 - 15 June: Tourette’s Syndrome Awareness Month
- 17: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- 18-24: Learning at Work Week
- 19-25: Dementia Action Week
- 21: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- 24: World Schizophrenia Day
- 30: World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day
June
- All month: Cataract Awareness Month
- All month: Pride Month
- 01-07: Volunteers Week
- 04: World Day for Assistive Technology
- 09-15: Diabetes Awareness Week
- 09-15: National Carers Week
- 09-15: Loneliness Awareness Week
- 13: Men’s Health Wear Blue Day
- 13: Rare Chromosome and Gene Disorder Awareness Day
- 13: Global Wellness Day
- 15-21: Learning Disability Week
- 18: Autistic Pride Day
- 19: World Sickle Cell Day
- 21: World Humanist Day
- 22-28: World Wellbeing Week
- 22-28: Deafblind Awareness Week
July
- All month: Disability Pride Month
- 14: International Disability Awareness Day
- 15: World Youth Skills Day
- 24: Samaritans Awareness Day
- 24: International Self-Care Day
- 28: World Hepatitis Day
August
- 01: World Wide Web Day
- 02-08: International Assistance Dog Week
- 12: International Youth Day
- 13: International Left handers Day
- 18: Never give up Day
September
- All month: World Alzheimer's Month
- 05: International Day of Charity
- 06: Colour Blindness Awareness Day
- 07 - 13: Remember a Charity Week
- 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- 12: End Digital Poverty Day
- 13: World Sepsis Day
- 14-20: National Coding Week
- 14-20: National Inclusion Week
- 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day
- 16: National Ablepreneurs® Day
- 18: International Equal Pay Day
- 19: Youth Mental Health Day
- 21: World Alzheimer's Day
- 21-25: International Week of Happiness at Work
- 22-28: Migraine Awareness Week
- 23: International Day of Sign Languages
- 27: WordPress Accessibility Day
- 28: International Day for Universal Access to Information
- 29: World Heart Day
- 30: World Podcast Day
October
- All month: ADHD Awareness Month
- All month: Black History Month
- All month: Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- All month: Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- All month: Dwarfism Awareness Month
- All month: Dysautonomia Awareness Month
- All month: Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- All month: Internal Pouch Awareness Month
- 01: International Day of Older Person
- 06: World Cerebral Palsy Day.
- 05 - 09: International Week of Happiness at Work
- 05 - 09: National Work Life Week and Customer Service Week
- 05 - 09: Dyslexia Awareness Week
- 08: World Sight Day
- 10: World Mental Health Day
- 12-20: Bone and Joint Week
- 16: Development Language Disorder (DLD) Day
- 16: Steve Job’s Day
- 16: World Spine Day
- 18: World Menopause Day
- 19-25: Get Online Week
- 20: World Osteoporosis Day
- 22: International Stammering Awareness Day
- 25: International Dwarfism Awareness Day
- 25: Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Day
- 25 -31: Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week
- 27: National Mentoring Day
November
- All Month: Movember - Men's Health Awareness Month
- All Month: National Career Development Month
- 02-06: International Stress Awareness Week
- 02-06 Trustees' Week
- 03: Purple Tuesday
- 04: National Stress Awareness Day
- 10 - 16: Captioning Awareness Week
- 13 - 19: Transgender Awareness Week
- 14: World Usability Day
- 14: World Diabetes Day
- 20: Start of Disability History Month
- 17: Anti Bullying Week
- 19: International Men's Day
- 20: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
- 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 30: Computer Security Day
December
- All month: Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness Month
- 01: World AIDs Day
- 03: International Day of Disabled Persons
- 05: International Volunteer Day - volunteer with AbilityNet!
- 10: Human Rights Day
- 10: International Shareware Day
- 20: End of Disability History Month
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