Events |

January 2015

National Braille Literacy Month
January 4: International Braille Day
January 5: Happy Birthday, My Life Without Limits!

February 2015

February 18 – 21: Learning Disabilities Association of America’s Annual Conference (Chicago, IL)
February 19 – March 2: Reel Abilities Film Festival (Boston, MA)
February 27 – March 7: Reel Abilities Film Festival (Cincinnati, OH)

March 2015

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
National Brain Injury Awareness Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March 6 – 8: Abilities Expo (Los Angeles, CA)
March 12 – 18: New York ReelAbilities Film Festival
March 18: National Brain Injury Awareness Day
March 21: 2015 NPC Wheelchair Nationals (Wheelchair Bodybuilding, West Palm Beach, FL)

April 2015

National Limb Loss Awareness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
Autism Acceptance Month
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 13 – 15: 2015 Disability Policy Seminar (Washington, DC)
April 16 – 19: 2015 NWBA National Tournament (Wheelchair Basketball, Louisville, KY)

May 2015

Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month
National Arthritis Awareness Month
National Mobility Awareness Month
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
May 1 – 3: Abilities Expo (NY Metro)
May 12: National Fibromyalgia Day
May 20 – 22: 2015 UCP Annual Conference (Chicago, Illinois)

June 2015

June 11 – 13: Miss Abilities America Inc. Pageant and Conference
June 12 – 14: Abilities Expo (Chicago, Illinois)
June 29 – July 2: Spina Bifida National Conference (Anaheim, CA)

July 2015

July 3 – 10: Little People of America 2015 National Conference
July 5 – 10: National Federation of the Blind National Convention (Orlando, FL)
July 26: 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)!
July 27 – 29: Global Summit on Innovations in Health and IDD Conference (Los Angeles, CA)
July 27 – August 2: Ms. Wheelchair America 2016 competition (Des Moines, Iowa)
July 31 – August 2: Abilities Expo (Houston, Texas)

August 2015

August 7 – 15: Parapan American Games (Toronto)
August 17 – 20: World Congress on Special Needs Education (Philadelphia, PA)

September 2015

Steptember is a four-week event to raise awareness and support for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Teams from around the world will challenge themselves to take 10,000 steps a day and fundraise along the way – and nearly any activity, including biking, physical therapy and yoga, can be converted into steps. You can join in and challenge yourself or a team by registering on the Steptember website.

Deaf Awareness Month
National Chronic Pain Awareness Month
National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
September 18 – 20: Abilities Expo (Boston, Massachusetts)
September 21 – 27: International Week of the Deaf

October 2015

Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dwarfism Awareness Month
Spina Bifida National Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Blindness Awareness Month
October 1:  World CP Day
October 4- 10: Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 8: World Sight Day (2nd Thursday of October)
October 15: National White Cane Safety Day
October 25: World Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Day

November 2015

National Diabetes Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Home Care Month
National Long-Term Care Awareness Month

December 2015

December 3: International Day of People with Disability

December 4 – 6: Abilities Expo (DC Metro)