World Dyslexia Awareness Week - WDAW

21/09/2025

✨ World Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025 ✨
📅 8 October – World Dyslexia Day

This year, DAS marks the occasion with a special webinar:
“What I Wish I’d Known: 20 Years of Learning from Students Who Learn Differently”

Featuring four of our DAS Leaders and Dyslexia Experts
Dr Geetha Shantha Ram, Dr June Siew, Dr Priscillia Shen, and Dr Edmen Leong

Together, they bring nearly 80 years of collective experience.

Hear their stories of early mistakes, powerful lessons, and the students who changed the way they teach.

Learn how connection, resilience, and collaboration transform the learning journey.

📍 Don’t miss this inspiring conversation on World Dyslexia Day.
👉 Register now: bit.ly/DAS-WDAW2025

08/10/2022

Marcus Wolfgram will be running for dyslexia this month in the polar-circle marathon in Greenland!!
https://polar-circle-marathon.com/

Support Marcus by making a donation here:
https://www.giving.sg/campaigns/running_in_the_arctic_for_dyslexia

26/09/2022

HIGHER ORDER COMPREHENSION Webinar
5 Oct 2022 @ 12:30pm
Join Shilpa Madane and Anaberta Oehlers for this webinar during World Dyslexia Awareness week!
Register for FREE NOW!
https://sites.google.com/das.org.sg/wdaw-2022/webinar

30/08/2022

2 DAYS TO GO before we end our e-Pledge campaign.
We need all your support NOW to reach our target amount!
giving.sg: l.ead.me/DAS-EPledge2022
Your support will definitely help another child make a difference in their educational growth. Donate now before the campaign closes! We thank you to those who have donated so far and hope you will continue this momentum for our future campaigns!

2 DAYS TO GO before we end our e-Pledge campaign.
We need all your support NOW to reach our target amount!
giving.sg: l.ead.me/DAS-EPledge2022

Your support will definitely help another child make a difference in their educational growth. Donate now before the campaign closes! We thank you to those who have donated so far and hope you will continue this momentum for our future campaigns!

30/07/2022

To children with dyslexia in Singapore, Lewis Hamilton is more than a world champion – he is an inspiration for them to strive for their maximum potential at school and in life.
🏁 Join us to LEAP FOR LEWIS - a simple but powerful campaign to cheer him on for the Singapore Grand Prix 2022. Stand a chance to win exciting prizes and let’s get the world to embrace dyslexia - one leap at a time!
📸 How to join?
- Post a photo of you leaping into the air to cheer for Lewis Hamilton
- Hashtag
- Tag and
- Follow

To children with dyslexia in Singapore, Lewis Hamilton is more than a world champion – he is an inspiration for them to strive for their maximum potential at school and in life.

🏁 Join us to LEAP FOR LEWIS - a simple but powerful campaign to cheer him on for the Singapore Grand Prix 2022. Stand a chance to win exciting prizes and let’s get the world to embrace dyslexia - one leap at a time!

📸 How to join?
- Post a photo of you leaping into the air to cheer for Lewis Hamilton
- Hashtag
- Tag and
- Follow

22/07/2022

🏁 Join us to LEAP FOR LEWIS to show the seven-time world champion in F1 your support, ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix 2022. It’s a shout out to a man who has shown the world the strengths, talents and extraordinary determination of people with dyslexia.
Make it your best jump shot ever to stand a chance to win exciting weekly and grand prizes.
Most importantly, your participation will add to the growing support for people with dyslexia. Let’s get the world to embrace dyslexia - one leap at a time!
📸 How to join?
- Post a photo of you leaping into the air to cheer for Lewis Hamilton
- Hashtag
- Tag and
- Follow

20/07/2022

Don't miss this exciting Singapore Premiere League (SPL) match between Lion City Sailors and Tampines Rovers - happening this Sunday, 24th July!
A huge thank you to Lion City Sailors Football Club who will be donating 100% of the match ticket sales to DAS in support of students with dyslexia who are from low income families.
Get your tickets today! – bit.ly/das-lcs
See you there!

Don't miss this exciting Singapore Premiere League (SPL) match between Lion City Sailors and Tampines Rovers - happening this Sunday, 24th July!

A huge thank you to Lion City Sailors Football Club who will be donating 100% of the match ticket sales to DAS in support of students with dyslexia who are from low income families.

Get your tickets today! – bit.ly/das-lcs

See you there!

07/06/2022

JOIN US FOR UNITE SPLD 2022 l.ead.me/UNITE2022

A new theory of human cognitive evolution proposes that humans have survived thanks to complementary ways of processing information, including dyslexia.