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.
2025 Awareness Days
Our new calendar lists awareness days for 2025 by months:
January 2025; February 2025; March 2025; April 2025; May 2025; June 2025; July 2025; August 2025; September 2025; October 2025; November 2025; December 2025
January
- 04: World Braille Day
- 11: Paget's Awareness Day
- 15: Blue Monday
- 21: Race Against Dementia Day
- 22: Free webinar: New Year, New Digital You: Unlock your online potential in 2025
- 24: Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
- 26: World Leprosy Day
- 28: Data Privacy Day
- 30: 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
- 03-07: Tinnitus Awareness Week
- 04: World Cancer Day
- 05: Free webinar: Introduction to accessible PDFs
- 06: Time to Talk day
- 10: International Epilepsy Day
- 10 –14: National Apprenticeships Week
- 11: 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
- 24 - 02 March: Eating Disorder Awareness Week
- 24 – 02 March: Cyber Scotland Week
- 26: Free webinar: Tips to make your smartphone easier to use
- 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 – 07: Facial palsy awareness week
- 01: Zero Discrimination Day
- 01: International Wheelchair Day
- 01: Self-harm awareness Day
- 03: World Hearing Day
- 03: Dyscalculia Awareness Day
- 03-08: National Careers Week
- 08: International Women's Day
- 10-16: World Glaucoma Week
- 10-16: Brain Awareness Week
- 10-14: 40th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
- 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
- 02: World Autism Awareness Day
- 07: World Health Day
- 11: World Parkinson’s Day
- 16: World Voice Day (Recognition of mutism and stutter)
- 22-28: 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
- 01: World Password Day
- 03: World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
- 05-11: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
- 05-11: Deaf Awareness Week
- 06-10: Viral Meningitis Awareness Week
- 06: World Asthma Day
- 08: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- 10: World Lupus Day
- 12: International ME Awareness Day
- 12: World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
- 12-18: Learning at Work Week
- 13-19: Mental Health Awareness Week
- 14: Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day
- 14-20: Pathological Demand Avoidance Day and Awareness Week
- 15: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- 15 - 15 June: Tourette’s Syndrome Awareness Month
- 17: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- 19-25: Dementia Action Week
- 24: World Schizophrenia Day
- 26: Epilepsy Awareness/ Purple 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
- 14: Global Wellness Day
- 16-22: Learning Disability Week
- 18: Autistic Pride Day
- 21: World Humanist Day
- 23-27: World Wellbeing Week
- 23-29: Deafblind Awareness Week
July
- All month: Disability Pride Month
- 14: International Disability Awareness Day
- 24: Samaritans Awareness Day
- 24: International Self-Care Day
- 28: World Hepatitis Day
August
- 01: World Wide Web Day
- 03-09: 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
- 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- 12: End Digital Poverty Day
- 13: World Sepsis Day
- 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day
- 15-21: National Coding Week
- 15-21: National Inclusion Week
- 18-24: International Week of Happiness at Work
- 18: International Equal Pay Day
- 19: Youth Mental Health Day
- 21: World Alzheimer's Day
- 22-28: Migraine Awareness Week
- 23: International Day of Sign Languages
- 27: WordPress Accessibility Day
- 29: World Heart 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
- 01: International Day of Older Person
- 06: World Cerebral Palsy Day.
- 06 - 10: International Week of Happiness at Work
- 06-10: National Work Life Week
- 06-13: Dyslexia Awareness Week
- 10: World Mental Health Day
- 12: World Sight Day
- 12-20: Bone and Joint Week
- 14: Steve Job’s Day
- 14-20: Get Online Week
- 16: World Spine Day
- 18: World Menopause Day
- 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
November
- All Month: Movember - Men's Health Awareness Month
- All Month: National Career Development Month
- 01-07: International Stress Awareness Week
- 04: Purple Tuesday
- 05: National Stress Awareness Day
- 13 - 19: Transgender Awareness Week
- 13: World Usability Day
- 14: World Diabetes Day
- 16 - 16 December: Disability History Month
- 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
- 16: End of Disability History Month
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