About Kay Consulting
Hello and welcome…
My name is
Kerry Kijewski
(She/Her)
But I am Kay Consulting. Kay is my mother’s middle name and a big letter in my name and in our family with my sister having been given a K name first.
I was born with low vision which has decreased over time. I am now nearly completely blind, but have experience with multiple levels of visual impairment. I went from wearing glasses, reading large print, and loving colours to having to adapt with the circumstances, having experience with both guide dog and white cane, blindness resulting in my discovery of writing and audio when I could no longer see the colours that once filled my world.
In my work within the diversity, equity, and inclusion space, I am an advocate for braille literacy, love the ocean and travel, learning the violin later in life, and live with both visible disability and invisible chronic illness. I believe most of all in connection and collaboration, which is what I love about the writing community.
I am currently researching and writing about eyes and the meaning they hold for us all.
Testimonials
What people say about K.
Alison Kimble, Author of “Strange Gods”
I engaged Kerry as a sensitivity reader for my novel, to share her thoughts on a character experiencing vision loss. Kerry was responsive, thoughtful, and thorough. Her report provided a detailed and actionable perspective, and she went above and beyond explaining why certain things worked and avoided harmful stereotypes, which expanded my understanding for the future. She had the personal experience and community understanding to give me confidence that the depiction in the book was realistic and positive. I highly recommend working with her, as I hope to again!
Siri Carpenter, editor-in-chief, The Open Notebook
I run a non-profit organization whose purpose is to help science journalists improve their skills. Kerry Kijewski helped evaluate the accessibility of a slide deck that I had prepared, and her help was extremely valuable and illuminating. She was very clear and precise in explaining what aspects of the slides could be improved and why, and she made helpful concrete suggestions that greatly improved the presentation, ensuring that it would be of value to my whole audience. I very much appreciated Kerry’s holistic and practical approach.