Accessibility Consultant

I’m a registered physiotherapist and experienced editor, I have expertise in both physical and communication accessibility. As a disabled woman, I bring my own lived experience, connections with the disability community and passion for inclusion to my work.

I’ve worked as a freelance accessibility consultant for a range of government, not-for-profit and arts organisations. Including the Australian Council for the Arts, Carriageworks, HOTA, Gosford Regional Gallery, Accessible Arts NSW, and Arts Access Victoria.

I’m part of Communication for Safe Care, which is a collaboration between the University of Sydney, South Western Sydney and Western NSW Local Health Districts. We are partnering with health care workers and consumers to co-design communication access solutions for public health care settings.

My skills include:

  • Working with people with disabilities and fostering authentic community engagement

  • Facilitating disability awareness workshops

  • Conducting physical risk, ergonomic and functional assessments

  • Translating documents to Plain English or Easy Read formats

  • Reviewing Image and text layout to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCGA)

  • Testing accessibility on multiple platforms (desktop, tablet, iOS, Android)

  • Conducting accessibility audits of policies, documentation, systems and processes

  • Facilitating user research (workshops, surveys, interviews)

  • Facilitating co-design with a wide range of stakeholders

  • Project management (resource allocation, workflow, tracking milestones and timelines)

  • Authenticity and sensitivity reading

Speaking engagements

I’m regularly invited to speak about disability, access and inclusion. Some recent appearance include:

  • Sydney Writers Festival (2021, 2022)

  • Melbourne Writers Festival (2019, 2018)

  • New Zealand Festival of the Arts (2022)

  • Blue Mountains Writers Festival (2022)

  • Adelaide Writers Festival (2022)

  • Byron Writers Festival (2021, 2022)

  • Sydney Opera House, Antidote Festival (2021)

  • Emerging Writers Festival (2021, 2019)

  • B List Book Club (2021)

  • National Editors & Writers Conference (2021)

  • National Young Writers Festival (2019)

  • The Wheeler Centre, Next Big Thing (2018)

  • Digital Writers Festival (2018)

  • Jakarta Writers Festival (2018)

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