Speaking Engagements
Testimonials
“Kara was a delight to work with in planning our employee learning webinar on Autism and Allyship, and the session itself flew by. Many of our employees provided the feedback that Kara was so engaging and that we could have used more time. I highly recommend Kara as a speaker - she is extremely knowledgeable about the content, but just as equally important she is an engaging and insightful speaker!” - Laura
49th Annual Conference, Institut des troubles d'apprentissage
48th Annual Conference, Institut des troubles d'apprentissage
Preparing for a Neuro-Inclusive Holiday Season
Back to School Speaker Series 2023
Au-Some Conference 2022
Back to School Speaker Series 2022
Back to School Speaker Series 2021
University of Toronto Lecture - July 2021
Autism Canada Speaker Series - Apr 2021
Mind Your Autistic Brain Podcast - July 2021
Back to School Webinar Series 2022
Autism Canada Podcast - Dec 2020
Pembroke Publishers Webinar - Oct 2020
Upcoming Engagements
Access, Agency, and Wellbeing: Possibilities for Neurodiversity-Affirming Classrooms & Transformational Teaching - September 2025 - invited keynote speaker, 14th Autism Europe International Congress 2025
Neurodiversity-Affirming Learning Spaces: Collectively Reimagining and Enacting Possibilities for Accessibility & Inclusion - June 2025 - invited speaker, Strengthening Accessibility & Inclusion within Professional Programs Conference, University of Toronto
Reimagining teacher education: Modeling accessible and inclusive pedagogies in collaboration with teacher candidates” - May/June 2025 - Canadian Society for the Study of Education 53rd Annual Conference
‘We’ve Been Expecting You’: Striving to model accessible and inclusive teacher education - - April 2025 - virtual poster presentation, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
Recent Engagements
“We've been expecting you”: Exploring universal design for learning and accessibility in teacher education (virtual) - 52nd Annual Conference, June 2024 - Canadian Society for the Study of Education
“We’ve been expecting you”: Exploring UDL in creating accessibility and engagement in graduate professional education (virtual) - May 2024, University of Waterloo Teaching & Learning Conference
49th Annual Conference, March 2024 - Learning Disabilities Institute
48th Annual Conference, March 2023 - Learning Disabilities Institute
Reading for the Love of It, February 2023 - The East York-Scarborough Reading Association
International Autism Symposium, November 2022 - Geneva Centre for Autism