KARAN NAGRANI

 "Karan's session with us instantly impacted the perception and empathy we hold for those living with impaired vision. He's able to clearly explain the impact of Usher Syndrome on his life in a passionate, warm and witty style that won over many hearts and minds at Canva. His direct challenge for us to more fully design Canva for disabilities continues to positively reverberate through our teams." 

 "Karan came on board for the 2024 Midsumma Festival as our Community Ambassador and Presenter at Victoria's Pride Street Party. Karan did an amazing job engaging with community, creating content for social media, and collaborating with our team to create meaningful engagement through his disability leadership and advocacy. Karan's presentation at Victoria's Pride Street Party was part of the official proceedings and was charismatic, insightful and entertaining. Karan was an asset to our team and we would highly recommend working with him." 

 "Water Corporation’s Albany office was privileged to have Karan share his personal journey with retinitis pigmentosa and advocate for those with a disability. Karan spoke about the importance of inclusivity and his daily challenges while shedding light on disability using humour and meaningful graphics. The informative presentation was entertaining, moving and very well received by all staff." 

 "We were delighted to have Karan present at our annual event at Parliament House, Canberra with the Hon. Bill Shorten and Chris Pyne in attendance. Karan shared his own lived experience with vision loss and disability in a humorous and witty way. He challenged stereotypes and spoke of the importance of empathy and inclusivity. Karan's ability to speak openly and honestly about his personal experiences make him a great advocate for people with vision loss and disability." 

 "Karan joined AMS as a speaker to help us celebrate Disability Pride Month for the first time in July 2023. Karan shared an invaluable perspective to help us break down misconceptions about vision loss and promote understanding of disabilities that are less visible to educate our colleagues, highlighting the importance of intersectional experiences. Thank you for sharing your story with us Karan!" 

 "Karan Nagrani has worked with AIIM Choices as an Ambassador and Speaker role for more than 2 years. In this role Karan has been tasked with promoting AIIM Choices business and its attitude to people with disabilities, especially, those people with vision challenges, primarily through our social media but also in the public arena at expos. Karan, his presence and personality, always enhances the environment with a joyful and positive approach to promote and support the visually impaired and the whole community. The initiative he continually displays, makes life so easy to work with him." 

" Top End Pride were very proud and humbled to have Karan as our 2024 Darwin Pride Ambassador. Karan's story and passion to shine a light on disability within our community really came through. He spoke at our Launch, our Business Networking event, our Educational Forums and at the start of our parade and the feedback we received has been phenomenal. We want to Thank Karan for being our ambassador and for shining a light on such an important topic."

" We had Karan as our Keynote speaker at our Annual Staff Conference in Darwin, NT. He was so inspirational and a fantastic speaker. We were all so impressed with his keynote session and panel session because he delivers with personal story-telling that inspires everyone."

"We asked Karan to share his story with a group of LGBTQ+ peers living with disability and could not have been more pleased. Karan delivered an engaging talk with a skilful mix of awareness-raising, storytelling and humour - our audience found it a refreshing approach to such serious topics. He was humble, approachable and open to all questions and discussions from our group members. We highly recommend his brand of hilarious and important advocacy for anyone wanting to learn more about LGBTQ+ and disabled experiences."