Embracing Inclusivity: September’s Calendar of Disability Awareness

SEPTEMBER
September Alopecia Awareness Month United States https://www.naaf.org/
September Achalasia Awareness Month United States achalasiaawareness.org
September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month United States https://www.acco.org/childhood-cancer-awareness-month/
September Lymphoma Awareness Month United States https://www.cancerhealth.com/event/lymphoma-awareness-month-2021
September National Guide Dog Month United States https://www.cute-calendar.com/event/national-guide-dog-month/35402.html
September National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month United States https://www.hydroassoc.org/september-is-hydrocephalus-awareness-month-heres-what-you-can-do/
September National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month United States suicidepreventionlifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/
September Orthostatic Tremor Awareness Month United States https://www.orthostatictremor.org/awareness.html
September Pain Awareness Month United States https://www.theacpa.org/pain-awareness/september-is-pain-awareness-month/
September Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month United States https://cardiovascularcoalition.com/pad-awareness-month/
September Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month United States https://www.pcosaa.org/
September Prostate Awareness Month United States https://www.cancerhealth.com/event/prostate-cancer-awareness-month-2021
September Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month United States https://www.spinalcord.com/blog/spinal-cord-injury-best-ways-to-help-raise-awareness
September Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month United States http://www.thyca.org/how-to-help/awareness/
September World Alzheimer’s Month Global https://www.worldalzmonth.org/
7-Sep Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy United States https://www.mda.org/disease/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy
9-Sep International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day (FASD) Global www.fasday.com/
13-Sep Celiac Disease Awareness Day United States https://www.beyondceliac.org/
15-Sep World Lymphoma Awareness Day – Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Global https://lymphomacoalition.org/world-lymphoma-awareness-day/
16-Sep Disability Awareness Day United Kingdom https://www.disabilityawarenessday.org.uk/show/
18-Sep National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day United States https://www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days/aging
16-Sep Usher Syndrome Awareness Day Global https://www.usher-syndrome.org/events/ush-awareness-day.html
21-Sep World Alzheimer’s Day Global https://www.worldalzmonth.org/
22-Sep World Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Day Global https://www.cmladvocates.net/world-cml-day-9-22
18-24 Sept International Week of the Deaf (may change each year) Global https://wfdeaf.org/
22-Sep International Day of Sign Languages (may change each year) Global https://wfdeaf.org/
25-Sep International Ataxia Awareness Day Global https://ataxia.org/international-ataxia-awareness-day/
26-Sep Mesothelioma Awareness Day United States https://mesothelioma.net/mesothelioma-awareness-day/
30-Sep Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day United States https://www.lgmd-info.org/awareness-day/about-lgmd-awareness-day/

 

 

Source: “2023 Calendar of Disability-Related Dates.” Disability:IN, 7 Apr. 2023, https://disabilityin.org/resource/2023-calendar-of-disability-related-dates/.