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?
- Raise Awareness: Help make vestibular disorders visible by educating others about these conditions and their impacts.
- Support Research and Resources: Your participation and donations enable VeDA to fund critical research, provide valuable resources, and offer support to those affected.
- Global Impact: By joining our efforts, you become part of a worldwide movement to raise awareness and support for vestibular disorders.
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, The American Balance Society, The Association of Migraine Disorders, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Cures Within Reach, the National Ataxia Foundation, the Tunisian Vertigo Medical Society, Hodepine Norge Vestibulær Migrene, University Hospital Motol, Bern University Hospital, Landsforeningen for vestibulære sykdommer, Vertigenius, The Vertigo, Tinnitus, and Hypoacusis Association of Romania, the American Academy of Audiology, Hoormij NVVS, Associazione Italiana Otorinolaringoiatri Liberi Professionisti, Asociacion Sindrome de Meniere Espana, Egyptian Audiovisual Medicine Association, The Israeli Center for Dizziness and Balance Disorders, Munich Center for Neurosciences, Kantonsspital Baden, University of Antwerp, Otolith, Vestibular First, Urban Poling, BalanceBelt, UprightVR, Gyrostim, MED-EL, NORD Clinics Bucharest, Stefari Med Clinic Gorj, and Alleanza Cefalalgici for partnering with VeDA to promote Balance Awareness Week globally.
