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Karen Hawkins

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

November 2024

World Usability Congress

Speaker: Accessible Design Considerations for Styles, Components, Patterns, and Pages

October 2024 Graz, Austria

UXDX EMEA

Workshop: How to Integrate Accessibility in UX Design Systems
Forum: Embedding Accessibility in your Design System

October 2024 Dublin, Ireland

Hatch Conference

Workshop: Advanced Accessible Design System Components

September 2024 Berlin, Germany

UXDX USA 2024

Workshop: How to Integrate Accessibility in UX Design Systems
Forum: Embedding Accessibility in your Design System

May 2024 New York City, New York, United States

AccessU

Workshop: Accessible Design Considerations for Styles, Components, Patterns, and Pages

May 2024 Austin, Texas, United States

Registered Graphic Designers: Accessibility Webinar Series

Speaker: Using Design Tokens to Up Your Accessibility Game

March 2024

CSUN Conference

Speaker: An Accessible Design Framework

March 2024 Anaheim, California, United States

a11yTO Meetup

Speaker: Using Design Tokens to up Your Accessibility Game

November 2023 Toronto, Canada

Global Design System Community Meetup

Speaker: Using Design Tokens to up Your Accessibility Game

November 2023

M-Enabling Conference

Panelist: Providing the Best UX for All Users

October 2023 Washington, Washington, D.C., United States

Registered Graphic Designers: Accessibility Webinar Series

Speaker: Focus People, Focus! Focusing on Focus States for Designers.

September 2023

Web Accessibility In Mind Conference

Speaker: Creating Accessible Design Systems

August 2023

CX23

Panelist: Accessible Design in Banking

June 2023 Phoenix, Arizona, United States

UXDX USA 2023

Workshop: Embedding Accessibility in your Digital Style Guide

May 2023 New York City, New York, United States

AccessU

Speaker: Creating and Managing Accessible Design Systems

May 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

a11yTO

Speaker: Focus People, Focus! Focusing on Focus States for Designers

October 2022 Toronto, Canada

IAAP Webinar Series

Speaker: Top Accessibility Considerations for Design and Content Teams

October 2022

AccessU

Speaker: A Case Study in Designing a (Mostly) Accessible eCommerce Website

May 2020 Austin, Texas, United States

TechAccessOK

Speaker: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible

June 2019 Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

AccessU

Speaker: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible

May 2019 Austin, Texas, United States

Accessing Higher Ground

Speaker: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible

November 2018 Denver, Colorado, United States

Karen Hawkins

Principal of Accessible Design at Level Access, Human Factors Engineer and Certified Accessibility Professional

Toronto, Canada

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