Full Name
Ashley Shaw
Institution/Organization
Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada
Speaking At
Speaker Bio
Ashley Shaw is a Masters student in the Community Psychology program at Wilfrid Laurier University. The Social Science and Humanities Research Council awarded her a Masters scholarship to study workplace inclusion and accessibility, as well as employment-related interventions for adults who are blind and visually impaired. She is a board member of Braille Literacy Canada, former Strategic Writer and Research Associate with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), and former Library Web Accessibility Advisor at Wilfrid Laurier University. While advising the library, Ashley drew attention to barriers faced by blind students and scholars beyond the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. With the library, she participated in co-design projects, such as the Open Menu and the PDF pitstop, to address these problems. Ashley currently works as the Clinical Performance and Evaluation Analyst for Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada.