Disability Awareness Days

Celebrated every year on January the 4th because its Louis Braille’s birthday, the inventor of Braille. Celebrate this day and share the importance accessibility and independence for people who are blind or visually impaired. More work is needed to ensure that we working towards accessibility for everyone! More information here.

2022 awareness week theme will be surrounding the issue of people with tinnitus accessing treatment and support from GPs. Visit the British Tinnitus Association’s website for more information on how to get involved.

Time to Talk Day is about trying to break down the barriers around mental health by having conversations about it. Join the nation in the discussion and find out other ways you can join in at the Time to Change website.

More than 120 countries join together to celebrate and highlight the problems faced by people with Epilepsy. For information on how to get involved and spread awareness, visit the Epilepsy Foundation’s website.

Held every year on the 3rd of March to raise awareness on how to prevent hearing loss and deafness, as well as promoting ear and hearing care. The theme in 2022 is hearing care for all! Read more about the key messages of the day at the World Health Organisation.

“Each year the voice of people with Down Syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder.” Find out how you can join in and more information found on World Down Syndrome Day website. 

The aim of this week is to educate those who unaware of Autism and how to be inclusive to those who do have Autism. There are lots of way you can be involved during the week, find out what you can do on the National Autistic Society website.

Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992, in order to raise public awareness of the causes of stress and help for stress.  Millions of people are affected by stress, find out was to get help, tips or just ways to share this information and be involved throughout the month on the Stress Management Society Website.

The fourteenth annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2021. On this day people are encouraged to Light it up blue in recognition of autism. This day also takes part in autism awareness week. Find out how to get involved by visiting the autism speaks website.

Deaf Awareness Week, the theme this year is ‘coming through it together’. The aim is continuing to raise awareness now so more than ever and to spread positivity. Check out the UK council on deafness for more information. 

Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. The event has grown to become one of the biggest awareness weeks across the UK and globally.For more information follow this link

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. Follow the link to the Carers UK website

In 2022, Learning Disability Week will take place from the 20th-26th June. The event is organised every year by the learning disability charity, To find out more follow this link to Mencap’s website