Date | Campaign | Website link |
JANUARY | | |
January 4th | World Braille Day | Celebrating World Braille Day | Vision Australia. Blindness and low vision services
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January
24th | Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day | Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day - Moebius Syndrome Foundation |
FEBRUARY | | |
February
2nd | Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Awareness Day | Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day 2024: “Living Well with RA: Early Diagnosis, Effective Management, and a Brighter Future" - Disability Horizons Shop |
February
4th | Physical Disability Awareness Day | Physical Disability Awareness Day Goes Global – Sunday 4th February 2024 – Physical Disability Australia (pda.org.au) |
February
4th-10th | Feeding Tube Awareness Week | Feeding Tube Awareness Week |
February
18th | Internation Aspergers Day | International Asperger's Day | State Library Of Queensland (slq.qld.gov.au) |
MARCH | | |
March
1st | International Wheelchair Day | International Wheelchair Day (ideas.org.au) |
March
6th | Scleroderma Sunflower Day | Shine Like a Sunflower - Scleroderma Australia |
March
10th-16th | World Glaucoma Week | World Glaucoma Week |
March
11th-15th | Brain Awareness Week | Brain Awareness Week 2024 - Brain Foundation |
March
21st | World Down Syndrome Day | Home - World Down Syndrome Day |
March
26th | Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness | Purple Day | Epilepsy Action Australia |
APRIL | | |
April
2nd | World Autism Awareness Day/ Month | World Autism Awareness Day | Autism Speaks |
April
11th | World Parkinson's Day | World Parkinson's Day 2024 - Awareness Days Events Calendar 2024 |
April
24th | International Guide Dog Day | International Guide Dog Day 2024 - Guide Dogs Australia |
MAY | | |
May
1st-31st | Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month | Campaign - NF Awareness Month - Children's Tumour Foundation of Australia (ctf.org.au) |
May
7th | World Asthma Day | World Asthma Day - Asthma Australia |
May
5th-26th | Multiple Sclerosis Walk Run & Roll event | Fun Walk, Run & Roll for Charity | MS Walk Run + Roll |
May
12th-18th | International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Week | International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Week (ideas.org.au) |
May
16th | Global Accessibility Day | Home - GAAD (accessibility.day) |
May
19th-25th | National Eosinophil Awareness Week | What is an eosinophil-associated disease? - Apfed |
May
21st-27th | Macular Degeneration Awareness Week | Macular Degeneration Awareness Week – Vision Excellence |
May
30th | World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) day | World MS day 2024 - Awareness Days Events Calendar 2024 |
May
31st | Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Day | Cystic Fibrosis Community Care - Cystic Fibrosis Month | 2024 (cfcc.org.au) |
JUNE | | |
June
2nd-8th | Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week | Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia Inc. - Annual Awareness Week |
June
21st | Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Day | Global MND Awareness Day 2024 |
JULY | | |
July
28th-4th August | Donate Life Week | DonateLife Week | DonateLife |
AUGUST | | |
August
19th-25th | Brain Injury Awareness Week | Brain Injury Awareness Week - Synapse |
SEPTEMBER | | |
September
5th | World Spinal Cord Injury Day | World Spinal Cord Injury Day: 5 September, 2024 | Wockhardt Hospitals |
September
2nd-8th | Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week | Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week | Sleep Disorders Australia (sleepoz.org.au) |
September
8th | Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Day | Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Day - September 8, 2024 | internationaldays.co |
September
21st | World Alzheimers Day | World Alzheimer’s Month | Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) (alzint.org) |
OCTOBER | | |
October
1st-31st | Dogtober - Assistance Dogs | Dogtober Fundraising - Assistance Dogs Australia |
October
6th | World Cerebral Palsy Day | World Cerebral Palsy Day – October 6th (worldcpday.org) |
October
21st | Loud Shirt Day | Loud Shirt Day |
NOVEMBER | | |
November
20th | World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day | WORLD COPD DAY - November 20, 2024 - National Today |
DECEMBER | | |
December 3rd | International Day of persons with disabilities | International day of persons with disabilities (who.int) |