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This color is most commonly associated with breast cancer awareness.
What is light pink?
ADHD stands for these four words.
What is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?
October is recognized as the month encouraging people to give shelter dogs permanent homes.
What is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month?
LGBTQ+ History Month is celebrated during this month in the United States.
What is October?
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or NDEAM, takes place during this month.
What is October?
About this fraction of women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime.
What is 1 in 8?
ADHD can occur in many different presentations: inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and combined.
What are the three ADHD presentations?
Approximately this many dogs enter animal shelters each year.
What is approximately 3.1 million dogs?
This national day, celebrated on October 11, was one reason October was selected for LGBTQ+ History Month.
What is National Coming Out Day?
NDEAM celebrates the contributions of people with disabilities in this major part of society.
What is the workforce?
This is the median age at which breast cancer is diagnosed.
What is age 62?
Exposure to this heavy metal during pregnancy or childhood is considered a possible environmental risk factor for ADHD.
What is lead exposure?
Of the dogs entering shelters, roughly this many are adopted each year.
What is approximately 2 million dogs?
LGBTQ+ History Month began in this year.
What is 1994?
NDEAM began in this year as a weeklong national observance.
What is 1945?
Approximately this many women have lost to breast cancer every hour.
What is approximately 5 women per hour?
Approximately this many U.S. adults were estimated to have ADHD in 2023.
What is approximately 15.5 million adults?
Approximately this many dogs are euthanized in shelters each year.
What is approximately 390,000 dogs?
This Missouri high school teacher is credited with helping establish LGBTQ+ History Month.
Who is Rodney Wilson?
Congress expanded the observance into National Disability Employment Awareness Month in this year.
What is 1988?
Breast cancer death rates in the U.S. have fallen by approximately this percentage since their peak.
What is a 44% decrease?
About this fraction of U.S. adults with ADHD reported taking prescription stimulant medication in the previous year.
What is about 1 in 3 adults with ADHD?
This term describes temporarily caring for a shelter dog until they are ready for or find a permanent home.
What is fostering?
Each October, LGBT History Month highlights this many LGBTQ+ historical “Icons”—one for every day of the month.
What are 31 LGBTQ+ icons?
“Celebrating Value and Talent” is the official NDEAM theme for this year.
What is “Celebrating Value and Talent”?