Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week and IH Day

Also: IHAW · IH Day · #WhereInTheWorldIH

An international awareness week for idiopathic hypersomnia led by Hypersomnolence Australia, now run with the US Hypersomnia Foundation's IH Day. People share short videos and custom graphics about living with the condition, and the foundation asks supporters to get local lawmakers to recognise the day.

Years: 2013–now
Country: Australia United States
Topic: Sleep
Asks people to: Recognize Reduce stigma Support a policy
Strategy: Stigma reduction Testimonial User generated content
Channel: Events Social (organic)Website
Audience: Clinicians General public
People with idiopathic hypersomnia and families, clinicians, legislators

Evidence

NoneUnknown

Sponsor (who paid)

Hypersomnolence Australia NGO, founder and host of IHAW
Hypersomnia Foundation NGO, IH Day partner (US)

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Related campaigns

World Narcolepsy Day 2019–now

Sources

IH Day (Hypersomnia Foundation) sponsor
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week (Narcolepsy UK) sponsor
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week starts Sept 4 (Sleep Review) news · 2017

Research notes

Created 2026-10-24 by an AI research pass for #103 (G3); not reviewed by a person. Start year 2013 rests on one secondary listing seen in search results; Hypersomnolence Australia's site did not state it. Timing moved from the first full week of September to a week starting on IH Day (1 June in 2024; the 2026 IH Day event was 13 June in Baltimore). To verify: 2013 start.

Record cases/idiopathic-hypersomnia-awareness-week.json, updated 2026-10-24· Link to this campaign