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.
2024 Awareness Days
Our new calendar lists awareness days for 2024 by months:
January 2024; February 2024; March 2024; April 2024; May 2024; June 2024; July 2024; August 2024; September 2024; October 2024; November 2024; December 2024
January
- 04: World Braille Day
- 11: Paget's Awareness Day
- 15: Blue Monday
- 24: Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
- 24: Race Against Dementia Day
- 25: Parent Mental Health Day
- 28: Data Privacy Day
- 28: World Leprosy Day
- 31: Free webinar: What's new in WCAG 2.2? Watch the recording.
February
- All month: Raynaud's Awareness Month
- All month: LGBT+ History Month
- All month: National Heart Month
- 01: Time to Talk day
- 02: Rheumatoid Arthritis Day
- 04: World Cancer Day
- 05-11: Tinnitus Awareness Week
- 05 –11: National Apprenticeships Week
- 06: Safer Internet Day | #SaferInternetDay
- 08-09: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 12: International Epilepsy Day
- 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day
- 22: World Encephalitis Day
- 23: Helplines Awareness Day
- 25 - 02: Eating Disorder Awareness Week
- 26 – 03: Cyber Scotland Week
- 28: Free webinar: Digital discovery at any age: your guide to the online world: watch the recording
- 29: Rare Disease Day
- 29: International RSI Day
- All month: Brain Tumour 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
- 03: World Hearing Day
- 03: Dyscalculia Awareness Day
- 04-09: National Careers Week
- 08: International Women's Day
- 10-16: World Glaucoma Week
- 11-17: Brain Awareness Week
- 11–17: Nutrition and Hydration Week
- 12: World Glaucoma Day
- 14: University Mental Health Day
- 14: World Kidney Day
- 15: World Sleep Day
- 16: Disabled Access Day
- 18-22: 38th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
- 18-24: Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 19: Free webinar on Building Your Accessibility Capability: In-house Skills vs External Suppliers. Register your place today.
- 20: Super Social Care Staff Day
- 21: World Down Syndrome Day
- 24: World Tuberculosis Day
- 25: FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) Awareness Day
- 26: Purple Day / Epilepsy Awareness Day | #EpilepsyAwarenessDay
- 30: World Bipolar Day
- All month: Stress Awareness Month
- All month: National Pet Month (Celebration of guide dogs)
- All month: Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month
- All month: Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- All month: IBS Awareness Month
- All month: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
- 02 – 08: World Autism Acceptance Week
- 02: World Autism Awareness Day
- 07: World Health Day
- 11: World Parkinson’s Day
- 14-20: Parkinson’s Awareness Week
- 17: Free webinar: How AI can help disabled people
- 15: International Microvolunteering Day (Volunteer for AbilityNet)
- 16: World Voice Day (Recognition of mutism and stutter)
- 22-28: MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week
- 24: International Guide Dog Day
- 27: On your feet Britain (Workplace Adjustments)
- 28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
May
- All month: Make May Purple, Stroke Awareness Month
- All month: National Share a Story Month
- All month: Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- All month: Tourettes Awareness Month
- All month: Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) Awareness Month
- 01-7: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
- 01-7: Deaf Awareness Week
- 02: World Password Day
- 05: World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
- 06-12: Viral Meningitis Awareness Week
- 07: World Asthma Day
- 08: World Red Cross Crescent Day
- 08-13: Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week
- 10: World Lupus Day
- 12: International ME Awareness Day
- 12: World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
- 15: Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day
- 13-19: Mental Health Awareness Week
- 13-19: Learning at Work Week
- 15-21: Dementia Action Week
- 16: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- 26-02 June: Epilepsy Awareness Week
- 30: World MS Day
June
- All month: Cataract Awareness Month
- All month: Pride Month
- 01-07: Volunteers Week
- 07: Tourette Awareness Day
- 09-15: Diabetes Awareness Week
- 10-16 – National Carers Week
- 10: Global Wellness Day
- 12-18: Men’s Health Week
- 12-18: Loneliness Awareness Week
- 17-23: Learning Disability Week
- 18: Autistic Pride Day
- 20-26: #GladtoCare Awareness Week
- 21: World Humanist Day
- 24-30: Deafblind Awareness Week
- 26-30: World Wellbeing Week
July
- All month: Disability Pride Month
- 10: Free webinar: Dementia and simple tech tweaks that can help
- 14: International Disability Awareness Day
- 24: Samaritans Awareness Day
- 25: National Schizophrenia Awareness Day
August
- 01: World Wide Web Day
- 04-10: 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
- 16:22: National Coding Week
- 18-24: International Week of Happiness at Work
- 19: Youth Mental Health Day
- 21: World Alzheimer's Day
- 23: International Day of Sign Languages
- 23-29: Migraine Awareness Week
- 23-29: National Inclusion Week
- 27: WordPress Accessibility Day
- 29: World Heart Day
- 29: World Biggest Coffee Morning
October
- All month: ADHD Awareness Month
- All month: Black History Month
- All month: Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- All month: Dwarfism Awareness Month
- 01: International Day of Older Person
- 02-08: Dyslexia Awareness Week
- 03: Back Care Awareness Week
- 06: World Cerebral Palsy Day
- 07-11: National Work Life 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
November
- All Month: Movember - Men's Health Awareness Month
- All Month: National Career Development Month
- 01-07: International Stress Awareness Week
- 06: International Stress Awareness Day
- 13 - 19: Transgender Awareness Week
- 14: Purple Tuesday
- 14: 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
- 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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