1. 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 dates. 
March             Intellectual Disability Awareness Month
14-20 March       Brain Awareness Week
4-10 April        National Polio Eradication Awareness Week
May               Cystic Fibrosis Month
14 May            International Nurses' Day
16-21 May         Occupational Therapy Awareness Week
30 May-4 June     Child Protection Week
20-26 June        National Epilepsy Week
July              Psychiatric Disability (Mental illness) Awareness Month
29 August-3 Sept  Cerebral Palsy Week (Theme:"Disability not Inability")
September         Muscular Dystrophy Month
2 September       Physical Disability Day / Casual Day
5-11 September    Deaf Awareness Week
                  Back Week
9 September       Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
19-25 September   International Retina Week
October           Mental Health Awareness Month
13 October        World Sight Day
10-14 October     Eye-Care Awareness Week
17-22 October     Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week
14-19 November    National Diabetes Awareness Week
3 December        International Day for Disabled Persons
2. Please bring these dates to the attention of all educators and learners.


SIGNED: F.A. BOOYSE
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2005:01:24