About DAS
About DAS
Milestones
| 1989 | Started as a Community Service Project of the Rotary Club of Raffles City |
| 1991 | Registration with the Registry of Societies and First Executive Committee formed First office established in People’s Association premises at Kallang |
| 1993 | First learning centre at Student Care Services’ Centre in Clementi. First teacher recruited and first batch of 12 students |
| 1995 | Mrs Goh Chok Tong becomes DAS Patron while Dr Lee Wei Ling becomes DAS Advisor. MOE Grant to DAS initiated |
| 1996 | Mr Lee Kuan Yew announced he was dyslexic. Second Learning Centre opened in Bedok. First joint MOE and DAS Dyslexia Awareness Course for MOE teachers. |
| 1998 | First Orton-Gillingham teacher training course conducted by Mr Ron Yoshimoto. |
| 2000 | Third Learning Centre started in Ang Mo Kio in Anderson Primary School. |
| 2002 | Appointed assessment team of psychologists. |
| 2003 | Training Services established |
| 2004 | Dyslexia Centre opened in SPRING Singapore |
| 2006 | Commenced 5 Year Training Contract with MOE Allied Educators Launch of the DAS Pre-School Service |
| 2007 | The Financial Support from the Government through the National Council of Social Services was initiated DAS provides training to Tung Wah Group in Hong Kong |
| 2008 | DAS wins Best Poster Award at the British Dyslexia Association Conference |
| 2009 | Computerized screening project for students from Anderson Primary School Dyslexia Centre moves to Jurong Point DAS conducts Certificate Course in Dyslexia Studies for the Special Education Unit, Ministry of Education, Brunei First Dyslexia Conference in Asia |
| 2010 |
Commencement of School-Based Remediation Centres Project |
| 2011 | DAS 20th Year Anniversary Mediacorp Radio Yes 93.3 Adopts DAS DAS incorporated DAS International A new learning centre in Sengkang Assistive Technology Seminar |