National Disability Awareness Month: October is National Disability Awareness Month with a focus on Mental Illness Awareness Week October 4th-10th, 2009.
Did you know? Mental illnesses are serious medical illnesses. They cannot be overcome through "will power" and are not related to a person's "character" or intelligence. Mental illness falls along a continuum of severity. Even though mental illness is widespread in the population, the main burden of illness is concentrated in a much smaller proportion-about 6 percent, or 1 in 17 Americans-who live with a serious mental illness. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that One in four adults-approximately 57.7 million Americans-experience a mental health disorder in a given year.* (*this information found at nami.org.) Please visit The National Alliance on Mental Illness for more information on this topic.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: For information on Breast Cancer Awareness you may visit National Breast Cancer Awareness Month or Susan G. Komen for the Cure Take the time to learn about early detection!
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Autism Awareness Month: For information on Autism or how to host an Autism Awareness Event please visit Autism Society of America.
Irritable Bowl Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month: Did you know that in America there are 58 million people who suffer from IBS? For more facts and information on what IBS is please visit WebMD-IBS. For additional information please visit the website for the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.
March was Brain Injury Awareness Month. If you would like more information about Brain Injury Awareness please connect to the Brain Injury Association of America's website http://www.biausa.org/