Foundations and Organizations

Condition

National Organizations

Local Organizations

National Day/Week/ Month of Awareness

AGITATION OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

World Alzheimer's Month- September

World Alzheimer's Day, September 21

ALS

ALS Awareness Month- May

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Feb 25- March 3, 2019

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION

ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER

ADHD Awareness Month- October

AUTISM

Autism Awareness Month- April

World Autism Day- April 2

BIPOLAR DISORDER

WORLD BIPOLAR DAY- MARCH 30

bulimia nervosa

Cancer

Breast Cancer Awareness Month- October

World Cancer Day- February 4

chronic pain

Pain Awareness Month- September

CROHN’S DISEASE

World Inflammatory bowel disease Day- May 19th

CRPS (COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II)

Depression

National Depression Awareness Month- October

Dystonia & Myoclonus

Dystonia Awareness Month- September

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Awareness Month- May

GLAUCOMA

Glaucoma Awareness Month- January

HEPATITIS C

Hepatitis Awareness Month in the United States-May

Hepatitis Testing Day- May 19th

HIV/AIDS

AIDS Awareness Month- December

World AIDS Day- December 1

HYDROCEPHALUS

September is Hydrocephalus Awareness Month

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Month- September

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

IBS Awareness Month- april

Lupus

Lupus Awareness Month- May

World Lupus Day- May 10

migraines

National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month- JUne

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month- March

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

MD Awareness Month- September

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month-June

NAIL-PATELLA SYNDROME & neuro Behcet’s

NEURO-BEHCET'S awareness day - May 20

NEUROFIBROMATOSIS

NF Awareness Month- May

World NF Awareness Day- May 17

neuropathy

Neuropathy Awareness Week: May 5-11, 2019

osteoarthritis

World Arthritis Day- Oct 12

PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Parkinson’s Awareness Month- April

World Parkinson's Disease Day- April 11

POLYCYSTIC Kidney Disease

PKD Awareness Day- Sept 4

POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME

2019 Concussion Awareness Week: Jan 28 - Feb 3, 2019

National Concussion Awareness Day- 3rd Friday in September

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSiON

national Maternal depression AWARENESS month- may

PTSD (POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER)

PTSD Awareness Month- June

PTSD Awareness Day- June 27

REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY

RESIDUAL LIMB PAIN

Limb Loss Awareness Month-April

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

National Arthritis Awareness Month- May

SCHIZOPHRENIA

SEIZURES/EPILEPSY

National Epilepsy Awareness Month- November

international epilepsy awareness day- march 26

SEVERE FIBROMYALGIA

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day-May 12

SPINAL CORD DISEASE/injury

National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month-September

SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA

International Ataxia Awareness Day- September 25

Superior canal dehiscence syndrome

WORLD Hearing Day- March 3

SYRINGOMYELIA

TARLOV CYSTS

TOURETTE SYNDROME

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Brain Injury Awareness Month-March