LD Awareness Month 2026 – Unique Minds. Remarkable Potential.

This October, join us in increasing understanding, challenging stigma, recognizing strengths, and removing barriers for people with learning disabilities and ADHD. Together, we can help create more inclusive schools, workplaces, and communities across Ontario.

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About LD Awareness Month

Learning Disabilities Awareness Month is a time to increase understanding, challenge stigma, recognize strengths, and highlight the importance of appropriate supports and accommodations for people with learning disabilities and ADHD. Learning disabilities are brain-based differences, not a reflection of intelligence or effort. With the right supports, people with LDs and ADHD can thrive in school, work, and community life.

See the strengths. Understand the needs. Remove the barriers.

KEY MESSAGES FOR 2026

English

  • Learning differently is not learning less.

  • Support is not an advantage. It is access.

  • Potential grows when barriers are removed.

  • See the strengths. Understand the needs. Remove the barriers.

  • Accommodations remove barriers. They do not lower expectations.

Français

  • Apprendre différemment, ce n’est pas apprendre moins.

  • Le soutien n’est pas un avantage. Il permet l’accès.

  • Le potentiel se développe lorsque les obstacles sont levés.

  • Reconnaissez les points forts. Comprenez les besoins. Levez les obstacles.

  • Les mesures d’adaptation lèvent les obstacles. Elles ne réduisent pas les attentes.

Stats That Matter

1 in 10

Nearly 1 in 10 Canadian youth aged 15–24 report having a learning disability.
(Statistics Canada, 2024)

31–45%

Research estimates co-occurrence between specific learning disorders and ADHD at approximately 31% to 45%.
(DuPaul et al., 2013; Crisci et al., 2021)

52%

52%

More than half of Canadians aged 25–64 with a learning disability require one or more workplace accommodations.
(Statistics Canada, 2024)

37%

37%

More than 1 in 3 persons with disabilities report barriers related to behaviours, misconceptions, or assumptions made by others.
(Statistics Canada, 2025)

How to Get Involved

Events & Highlights

Explore what’s happening throughout LD Awareness Month, including special dates, community activities, webinars, and The Great Read-Along.

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Donate / Support

Your support helps LDAO increase understanding, reduce stigma, remove barriers, and support people with learning disabilities and ADHD across Ontario.

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Stay Connected

  • Learn more at LDAO.ca
  • Explore resources at LDatschool.ca and TA@lecole.ca
  • Hashtags: #LDmonth #SensibilisationTA
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