<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><base href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/initiatives/ndeam"><style id="print"></style><title>National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) | U.S. Department of Labor</title><div class="original-url"><br><a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/initiatives/ndeam">https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/initiatives/ndeam</a><br><br></div><div id="article" role="article" style="-webkit-locale: "en"; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="system exported">
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<div class="page" style="text-align: start; overflow-wrap: break-word; max-width: 100%;"><h1 class="title" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: start; hyphens: manual; display: block; max-width: 100%;">National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)</h1><p style="height: 0px; width: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;">\u200b</p><p style="height: 0px; width: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;">\u200b</p><p style="max-width: 100%;">This year\u20142025\u2014marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). The nation first officially recognized the contributions of people with physical disabilities in a national week of observance in 1945. Designated by Congress as NDEAM in 1988, the commemoration evolved to acknowledge the importance of increasing the number of people with disabilities, including those with mental health conditions, in the workforce. In 2001, ODEP was created and given responsibility for administering NDEAM, including selecting and helping promote its annual theme.</p><p style="max-width: 100%;">As part of the celebration of America\u2019s 250th anniversary in 2026, this year\u2019s NDEAM observance will recognize the value and talent American workers with disabilities add to our workplaces and economy and highlight their achievements both past and present. That\u2019s the spirit behind this year\u2019s official theme: \u201cCelebrating Value and Talent.\u201d </p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/odep/odep20250626" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">Read the news release</a>.</p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">2025 NDEAM poster and other resources are coming soon.</strong></p></div></div></div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Dontee L. Wrenn</div></body></html>