Awareness Calendar for May 2017
May is a large month for awareness fun.
- ALS
- Arthritis
- Asthma and Allergy
- Bladder Cancer
- Brain Cancer
- Celiac Disease
- CRPS
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Digestive Diseases
- Ehlers-Danlos (EDS)
- Foster Care
- Hepatitis
- High Blood Pressure
- Huntington’s Disease
- Lyme Disease
- Lupus
- Masturbation
- Melanoma
- Mental Health
- Myositis
- Neurofibromatosis
- Osteoporosis
- Skin Cancer
- Stroke
In addition to these month-long initiatives, there are days and weeks devoted to raising awareness for things:
- Asthma (2)
- Foster Care (2)
- Barrier Awareness (7)
- Infertility Survival (7)
- Stuttering (7-13)
- Fibromyalgia (12)
- ME/CFS (12)
- Neuropathy Awareness Week (second full week)
- Honor LGBT Elders (16)
- Hypertension (17)
- International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (17)
- HIV Vaccine (18)
- Hepatitis Testing Day (19)
- World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (20)
- Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness (24)
- Heat Awareness (26)
- Digestive Health (29)
- MS (31)
Note: I consulted a half-dozen websites for a lot of the data that I didn’t already know. If I missed something, please let me know in the comments!