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On October 10th, IF will celebrate the World Mental Health Day and will join the world to raise awareness on mental illnesses. Supported by WHO, on this international day the world takes the opportunity for global mental health education, to raise awareness and to advocate against social stigma.

On October 1, the world will celebrate the International Day of Older Persons. This day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) on 14 December 1990. On this day, IF takes this opportunity to raise awareness on ageing with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, the barriers older persons with SBH can face and the need for lifting these barriers.

The World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day 2021 is coming up soon! On October 25, we will be celebrating the World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day 2021 (#WSBHD21) on the theme of “Unlock Your Right to Health”.

IF invites you to attend and present your work during the upcoming Multidisciplinary Care Conference. This conference was originally scheduled for the previous year. However, due to COVID-19, IF has to do it differently and invites you for the first ONLINE (and free) conference.

On April 10th, we celebrated the first IF’s Siblings Day which was an absolute success THANKS TO YOU! IF honoured siblings with SBH because siblings provide unconditional love and support throughout life: “They are like sunshine, it makes you happy just to know they are always there!”.

On 7th of December 2020 IF was joined by the European Disability Forum, the European Network for Independent Living and MEP Stelios Kympouropoulos for an online event on disability rights and sexual health.