Nicholas Kapirnas
Senior Training Officer and Video Production Lead
Centre for Accessibility Australia
Nicholas is in charge of training and video production at Centre of Accessibility Australia, producing videos on digital accessibility topics and conducting training workshops for businesses and government. Based out of Perth, Western Australia, Nicholas holds qualifications in Film and Television from North Metropolitan TAFE. Being a specialist in digital accessibility, he also holds certification in Web Accessibility from the University of South Australia. Living with depression and anxiety, Nicholas offers a cognitive understanding of digital accessibility. Outside work, Nicholas likes music, photography, has an active interest in technology and has a collection of vintage electronics.
Sessions
3:20
Panel: Putting lived experience at the heart of digital design
Are digital tools genuinely improving accessibility, independence, and participant experience, or unintentionally creating new barriers through poor design and assumptions?
Learn how to move beyond consultation to meaningful co-design, embedding lived experience into system development to create more intuitive, inclusive, and effective solutions
Primal Fernando, Vice President- Digital Accessibility and Inclusion, VPS Enablers Network
Jeramy Hope, Government Advisor & Disability Policy & System Reform, Chief Executive Officer, SDA Alliance & Non-Executive Director, InLife Independent Living
Nicholas Kapirnas, Senior Training Officer and Video Production Lead, Centre for Accessibility Australia
Ben Moxey, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Manager, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT