Calendar of Disability Awareness Dates and Events
February
Low-Vision Awareness Month
March
Mental Retardation Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Month
April
National Autism Awareness Month
May
National Arthritis Awareness Month
National Mental Health Awareness Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
May 12th
October
Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Lupus Awareness Month
First Thursday (full week)
National Depression Screening Day
National Brain Injury Awareness Month
October 15th
White Cane Safety Day
Third Wednesday of October
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November
National Diabetes Month
National Epilepsy Month
Updated December 6, 2007 by Sheila Johnson, Disability Program Navigator.