Embracing Inclusivity: March’s Calendar of Disability Awareness

MARCH
March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month United States https://nacdd.org/ddam/
March Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month United States https://www.prentrom.com/caregivers/march-is-cerebral-palsy-awareness-month
March Color Therapy Month United States https://munsell.com/color-blog/national-color-therapy-month/
March Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month United States https://www.ccalliance.org/about/awareness-month
March Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention Awareness Month United States https://www.ivein.com/march-dvt-awareness-month/
March Endometriosis Awareness Month Global https://endometriosis.org/news/support-awareness/endometriosis-awareness-and-action-2022/
March Epilepsy Month Canada https://www.canadianepilepsyalliance.org/epilepsy-awareness-month/
March Essential Tremor Month International https://essentialtremor.org/what-we-do/et-awareness/
March Kidney Month United States https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/communication-programs/nkdep/get-involved/national-kidney-month
March Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month United States https://www.nationalmssociety.org/Get-Involved/Raise-Awareness & https://msfocus.org/Get-Involved/MS-Awareness-Month/NMSEAM-Awareness-Kits
March Red Cross Month United States https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/Red-Cross-Month-A-Time-to-Recognize-Community-Heroes.html
March Red Cross Month Canada https://www.redcross.ca/quiz/march-is-red-cross-month
March Self-Injury Awareness Month United States, Canada https://www.ororecovery.com/march-is-self-injury-awareness-month-self-harm-or-cutting/
March Brain Injury Awareness Month Global https://www.biausa.org/public-affairs/public-awareness/brain-injury-awareness
March Trisomy Awareness Month United States, Canada https://trisomy.org/tam/
1-Mar Self-Injury Awareness Day Global http://www.lifesigns.org.uk/siad/
1-Mar International Wheelchair Day Global https://internationalwheelchairday.wordpress.com/
1-Mar Disability Day of Mourning United States https://autisticadvocacy.org/projects/community/mourning/
6-Mar World Lymphoma Awareness Day Global https://lymphaticnetwork.org/wld
8-Mar Breast Implant Illness Awareness Day Global https://breastimplanthealth.com/breast-implant-awareness-day/
10-Mar National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day United States https://www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/about
12-18 Mar World Glaucoma Week Global https://www.worldglaucomaweek.org/
18-Mar National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day United States https://www.trisomy18.org/blog/friday-is-national-trisomy-18-awareness-day/
21-Mar World Down Syndrome Day (United Nations Day) Global https://www.un.org/en/observances/down-syndrome-day#:~:text=In%20December%202011%2C%20the%20General,on%2021%20March%20each%20year

https://www.worlddownsyndromeday2.org/

24-Mar World Tuberculosis Day (WHO) Global https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-tb-day
25-Mar National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day United States https://www.gogreen4cp.org/
26-Mar Purple Day for Epilepsy Global http://www.purpleday.org/
27-Mar Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) Awareness Day Global https://www.afesupport.org/awareness/

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