Balance Awareness Week

Balance Awareness Week

September 13-19, 2026

 

What is Balance Awareness Week?

VeDA (Vestibular Disorders Association) launched Balance Awareness Week (BAW) in 1997 to bring attention to invisible balance disorders. Since then, it has grown into a global movement to educate, advocate, and build community for people living with vestibular disorders.

Why Do We Need Balance Awareness Week?

Balance Awareness Week is important because it shines a spotlight on vestibular disorders—conditions that are common, often disabling, and frequently misunderstood or misdiagnosed. These conditions aren't visible from the outside, but they can affect every aspect of a person's life. Without greater awareness, too many people face delayed diagnoses, limited access to care, and the feeling that no one understands what they're going through. That's why your support is so important. Together, we can help more people find answers, access trusted resources, and know they are not alone.

Together, we can support individuals battling dizziness, vertigo, and imbalance as they strive for a life rebalanced.

Why Participate in Balance Awareness Week?

  1. Raise Awareness: Help make vestibular disorders visible by educating others about these conditions and their impacts.
  2. Support Research and Resources: Your participation and donations enable VeDA to fund critical research, provide valuable resources, and offer support to those affected.
  3. Global Impact: By joining our efforts, you become part of a worldwide movement to raise awareness and support for vestibular disorders.

What You Can Do

Ready to get started? Here are some ways that you can help make vestibular visible this BAW:

Raise Funds

You can support the vestibular community by hosting a peer-to-peer fundraiser while sharing your vestibular journey. Click below to register or login to update your profile and see who is contributing to your page.

Partners

Thank you to GDR Vertige, Avionova(opens in new tab), The American Balance Society, The Association of Migraine Disorders, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association(opens in new tab), Cures Within Reach, the National Ataxia Foundation(opens in new tab), the Tunisian Vertigo Medical Society, Hodepine Norge Vestibulær Migrene(opens in new tab), University Hospital Motol(opens in new tab), Bern University Hospital(opens in new tab), Landsforeningen for vestibulære sykdommer(opens in new tab), Vertigenius(opens in new tab), The Vertigo, Tinnitus, and Hypoacusis Association of Romania(opens in new tab), the American Academy of Audiology(opens in new tab), Hoormij NVVS(opens in new tab), Associazione Italiana Otorinolaringoiatri Liberi Professionisti(opens in new tab), Asociacion Sindrome de Meniere Espana(opens in new tab), Egyptian Audiovisual Medicine Association, The Israeli Center for Dizziness and Balance Disorders(opens in new tab), Munich Center for Neurosciences(opens in new tab), Kantonsspital Baden, University of Antwerp(opens in new tab), Otolith(opens in new tab), Vestibular First(opens in new tab), Urban Poling(opens in new tab), BalanceBelt(opens in new tab), UprightVR(opens in new tab), MED-EL(opens in new tab), NORD Clinics Bucharest(opens in new tab), Stefari Med Clinic Gorj(opens in new tab), and Alleanza Cefalalgici, CHAMP(opens in new tab) (Coalition of Headache and Migraine Patients, for partnering with VeDA to promote Balance Awareness Week globally.