Disability Consulting and Accessibility Services

Accessibility and Disability Consulting.Disability Consulting

  • focuses on ensuring that the language used is disability-affirming, in a historical, political, and (Canadian/US) cultural context. 

 

I offer several services, including

  • fiction and non-fiction general review of disability, chronic illness, and neurodiversity,
  • policy review and policy writing,
  • inclusive language review with a focus on disability, chronic illness, and neurodiversity,
  • authenticity reading on disability, chronic illness, and neurodiversity, and
  • public speaking.

 

Accessibility Services

  • focus on ensuring that disabled readers, as well as those with accessibility needs and those requiring accommodations, are able to interact as fully as possible with the document. 

 

I offer various services to help you reach various accessibility goals for your document and/or web copy, including

Disability and Accessibility Services Experience

I have lived experience, an educational background, and extensive professional development in accessibility. 

  • Plain Language Certificate – Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, British Columbia
  • An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design – Coursera: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Basics of Inclusive Design for Online Education – Coursera: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Some of the Things You Wanted to Know about Alt Text – Editors Canada (Amber Riaz)
  • Intermediate Alt Text – Editors Canada (Allison Peacock)
  • Editing for Conscious and Inclusive Language Course – Editorial Freelancers Association (Crystal Shelley)
  • Trauma-Informed Editing – Editors Transform: Editors Canada Conference (Iva Cheung)
  • Microaggressions in Editing: Understanding Bias and Undoing Harm – ACES: The Society for Editing (Crystal Shelley)
  • Radical Copyediting: Prioritizing Care Over Correctness – Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) (Alex Kapitan)
  • Tips for Editing Genres That Include Violence, Suicide and Mental Illness – ACES: The Society for Editing (Karin Cather)
  • Disability Awareness and Support – Coursera: University of Pittsburgh
  • How to Host Accessible Events Certificate – Accessibility Services Canada
 
Additionally, I frequently write on disability. 
 

 

Finally, I am also a public speaker and host workshops on disability and accessibility. 

  • Editing Disability Affirming Content: Deconstructing Media Representation, Tropes, Stereotypes, Euphemisms, and Slurs – Editors Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, January 2026
  • Intersectional Activism in the Online Sphere – Ignite Change Conference for the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC). Edmonton, Alberta, January 2024
  • Nothing About Us Without Us: Accessibility, Accommodations and the Student Experience – AUSUnights. Edmonton, Alberta, July 2023
  • Nothing About Us Without Us: Accessibility, Accommodations in Student Leadership – CAUS Conference. Edmonton, Alberta, May 2023

Disability Consulting and Accessibility Services Rates

I provide the abovementioned accessibility services at different price points depending on requirements. Typically, this will be approximately $50 CAD per hour.

Please connect with me anytime to discuss your accessibility project needs. 
Disability Consulting and Accessibility Services Terms and Conditions
  • All rates are quoted in CAD.
  • Upon receipt of documents, a contract will be sent to the Client, which must be signed prior to commencing work.
  • This contract will establish scope of work, expectations, and timelines.
  • A 50% deposit must be sent via e-transfer or PayPal prior to the Editor commencing work.
  • The remaining 50% will be due upon receipt of Editor invoice prior to completed work being released.
Contact Me.
Please feel free to contact me anytime to discuss your project further.