The following is a list of health months, weeks and days. Schools are encouraged to plan learning activities and/or extra-curricular community-based activities related to these important disability awareness efforts.

    May                 Cystic Fibrosis Month
    12 May              International Nurses' Day
    19 - 23 May         Occupational Therapy Week
    8 - 14 June         Stroke Awareness Week
    16 - 22 June        National Epilepsy Week
    July                Psychiatric Disability Awareness Month
    25 - 30 August      Cerebral Palsy Week
    1 - 7 September     Deaf Awareness Week
	 	                Muscular Dystrophy Week
    5 September         Physical Disability Day
    8 September         International Physiotherapy Day
    9 September         Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
    23 - 29 September   International Retina Week
    9 October           World Sight Day
    13 - 17 October     Eye-Care Awareness Week
    20 -24 October      Down Syndrome Awareness Week
    10 - 15 November    National Diabetes Awareness Week
    3 December          International Day for Disabled Persons

Please bring these dates to the attention of all educators and learners.

SIGNED: F.A. BOOYSE
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2003:04:07