About Braille Literacy Canada

Ashley Shaw - Director

Photograph - Ashley Shaw
Joined the board in 2020

Ashley is a Clinical Performance and Evaluation Analyst at Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada. She is currently completing her masters thesis in Community Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she studies employment interventions for adults with visual impairments. Ashley has been a braille user since the age of four, and she advocates passionately for the availability of braille and other accessible materials, particularly through libraries. She is particularly interested in the combined power of braille and technology to improve literacy and access to information for people who are blind.

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