2026 Disability-Related Dates Calendar: Key Dates & Observances

Plan your year with Disability:IN’s 2026 Disability-Related Dates Calendar, featuring disability-related awareness dates, months, and global observances.

Use this calendar to plan employee communications, disability employee or business resource group (ERG/ BRG) activities, social media content, and workplace learning. It’s a practical resource for marketing, communications, HR, accessibility, and employee engagement teams.

Download the calendar to identify relevant dates and coordinate activities and meaningful connection across your organization throughout the year.

Download the 2026 Calendar [XLSX]

How to Use the Calendar

• Plan communications: Build relevant observances into your editorial calendar, newsletters, and social media schedule.
• Support your disability E/BRG: Identify opportunities for conversations, activities, and collaboration across teams and resource groups.
• Organize learning and capability-building: Connect awareness dates with training on accessibility, neuroinclusion, accommodations, and disability inclusion.
• Coordinate globally: Review a mix of global and local observances relevant to the countries where your company operates.

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If there is a date that is not currently listed on the calendar that you'd like to see included in the 2027 edition, please email us at Info@DisabilityIN.org.