National Disability Employment Awareness Month (October): Welcome

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month!

The theme for NDEAM 2021, “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion,” reflects the importance of ensuring that people with disabilities have full access to employment and community involvement during the national recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

NDEAM is held each October to commemorate the many and varied contributions of people with disabilities to America’s workplaces and economy. 

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Challenge yourself to remember and appreciate all those who are differently-abled ALL YEAR!

January - Transportation & Telecommunications Access

• Transportation - ADA Fact Sheets & Publications from the ADA National Network
• Telecommunication (ADA Title IV) - Fact Sheets & Publications from the ADA National Network

February - Voting Access

• ADA Live! Podcasts & Resources - voting
• Voting - Search ADA Document Portal

March - Developmental Disabilities Awareness

• Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week [second week in March]
• Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
• Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

April - Healthcare Access & Inclusion

• ADA, Disability & COVID-19 Resources
• Webinar Series: Health Care and the ADA-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
• Fact Sheet: Accessible Health Care
• Research Brief: Health Care Access and the ADA

May - Mental Health Awareness Month

• Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace and the ADA

May - Older Americans Month

• Fact Sheet: Know Your Rights! The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) & Older People
• Fact Sheet: Including Older People with Disabilities
• Toolkit: Older Americans Month (OAM) 

May - Global Accessibility Awareness

The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.

June - Post Tramautic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month

• Help Raise PTSD Awareness
• Understand PTSD
• Pledge to Raise PTSD Awareness

June - Good Access is Good Business

• Business - ADA Fact Sheets & Publications
• Public Accommodations (ADA Title III) - Fact Sheets & Publications

July - Celebrate ADA Anniversary

• What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

August - Back to School Access

• Education - ADA Fact Sheets & Publications from the ADA National Network
• ADA Live! Episodes by Topic - education

September - National Service Dog Month

• Service Animal Resource Hub
• Fact Sheet: Service Animals

September - National Recovery Month

• The ADA, Addiction and Recovery

September - Emergency Preparedness and Management

• Resources: Emergency Preparedness from the ADA National Network

October - National Disability Employment Awareness Month

• Tool Kit: National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)
• What can YOU do? Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE)

November - Veterans

"Honor all who served - In times of war - In times of peace"

• Veterans - ADA Fact Sheets & Publications from the ADA National Network
• Veterans & Military Families Resources

December - Shaping the Future

• Resources: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD)
  • United Nations (UN)– International Day of Persons with Disabilities
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)