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Last Wed - Pink Shirt Day (Anti-bullying) - Canada - Pink Shirt Day
Last Saturday in April - Show Your Mettle Day - Awareness day to encourage amputees to
show their metal (prosthetic devices, wheel chairs, etc).
April 11-18 - National Porphyria Awareness Week (NPAW) to enhance porphyria awareness in
communities by spreading the word about porphyria.
World Laughter Day is a free event that has been celebrated in Los Angeles on the
first Sunday of May since 2005 at the initiative of Sebastien Gendry, creator of the
Laughter Wellness method. It was first started in India in 1998 and now takes place
in all the major capitals of the world and more cities. Its aim is to promote intentional
laughter and its many healing benefits, and raise awareness about the many
thousands of community laughter clubs around the world.
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week - (Actual Date Subject to Change Each Year)
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week - First week of September - (5th - 11th Sept,
2016)
Third Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
(Recognized by the UN)
3rd Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims