Kylie is a hairbow rocking, roller-skating, accessibility consultant with lived experience of disability. She has a large network of friends and peers within the disability community including others who work in digital accessibility.
Kylie has over 5 years of experience in digital accessibility. She has worked as an accessibility consultant for disability organisations, not-for-profits, telecommunications, insurance, banking, retail, government departments (in both Australia and New Zealand), education, training and more.
Kylie has constructed A11yPals Accessibility Consulting around passionate freelancers within her network to ensure she always delivers quality work of high standard. Should Kylie not have the skillset you are seeking she can recommended others in her network.
A11yPals Accessibility Consulting staff and their network have numerous credentials and operate in many professional membership organisations. Kylie is an International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) member, Secretary of OZeWAI and a Member of The Golden Key International Honours Society.
Formal Credentials
- Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology majoring in Software Engineering from the University of Wollongong.
- Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) from The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP).
- NVDA Expert from NV Access.
- Professional Certificate for Web Accessibility from The University of South Australia.
Professional Memberships
- OZeWAI (Secretary on their board).
- International Association of Accessibility Professionals.
- Golden Key International Honors Society.
- People with Disabilities Australia general member.
- Women with Disabilities Australia general member.
Community Initiatives
- Reviewer and contributor to The New Zealand Web Standards Guidelines
- Community member of Project Silver (WCAG 3.0)
- OZeWAI Accessibility Taskforce member defining Digital Accessibility Specialist Trainee programs to Apprenticeship offering to Australia
Miscellaneous
- Baseline Security Clearance
- Working with Children’s Check.
If you would like to know more about Kylie and her lived experience check out her blog page.