Karen Hawkins
Principal of Accessible Design at Level Access, Human Factors Engineer and Certified Accessibility Professional
Toronto, Canada
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Karen Hawkins is a human factors engineer and a certified accessibility professional with more than 13 years of experience. She is a member of the IAAP OPDC (International Association of Accessibility Professionals’ Organizational Professional Development Committee) Career Pathways Working Group, as well as a member of the W3C’s Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Matrix (ARRM) Working Group. As both a user experience designer and director, she honed her skills leading multi-disciplinary teams in creating digital solutions for leading global companies. Today, she leads the accessible design practice at Level Access, teaching customers and colleagues alike to apply accessible design thinking to all their work.
IAAP Webinar Series Upcoming
Speaker: Using Design Tokens to up Your Accessibility Game
World Usability Congress
Speaker: Accessible Design Considerations for Styles, Components, Patterns, and Pages
UXDX EMEA
Workshop: How to Integrate Accessibility in UX Design Systems
Forum: Embedding Accessibility in your Design System
Hatch Conference
Workshop: Advanced Accessible Design System Components
UXDX USA 2024
Workshop: How to Integrate Accessibility in UX Design Systems
Forum: Embedding Accessibility in your Design System
AccessU
Workshop: Accessible Design Considerations for Styles, Components, Patterns, and Pages
Registered Graphic Designers: Accessibility Webinar Series
Speaker: Using Design Tokens to Up Your Accessibility Game
CSUN Conference
Speaker: An Accessible Design Framework
a11yTO Meetup
Speaker: Using Design Tokens to up Your Accessibility Game
Global Design System Community Meetup
Speaker: Using Design Tokens to up Your Accessibility Game
M-Enabling Conference
Panelist: Providing the Best UX for All Users
Registered Graphic Designers: Accessibility Webinar Series
Speaker: Focus People, Focus! Focusing on Focus States for Designers.
Web Accessibility In Mind Conference
Speaker: Creating Accessible Design Systems
CX23
Panelist: Accessible Design in Banking
UXDX USA 2023
Workshop: Embedding Accessibility in your Digital Style Guide
AccessU
Speaker: Creating and Managing Accessible Design Systems
a11yTO
Speaker: Focus People, Focus! Focusing on Focus States for Designers
IAAP Webinar Series
Speaker: Top Accessibility Considerations for Design and Content Teams
AccessU
Speaker: A Case Study in Designing a (Mostly) Accessible eCommerce Website
TechAccessOK
Speaker: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible
AccessU
Speaker: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible
Accessing Higher Ground
Speaker: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible
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