Re: [EXTERNAL] Introduction — Nathan Harrell, Accessibility Advocate & Agentic Engineer

Dear Nathan,

Welcome to the group.

I found your introduction very insightful and agree with your perspective.
Please feel free to reach out to me directly, as I would be very interested
in collaborating. As someone with a vision impairment, I share your
commitment to improving accessibility.

Best regards,

UDIT Pandey

On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 at 15:11, Mark Magennis <Mark.Magennis@skillsoft.com>
wrote:

> Hi Nathan. Welcome to the group. It's good to have many people here who
> live with the consequences of accessibility and inaccessibility. It's
> important for real insight and it's an experience I lack, so I have to get
> it by proxy. Although given the extremely wide ranging nature of difference
> and disability I guess we all lack direct insight to some extent.
>
> Mark
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> *From:* Nathan Harrell <natethemighty1@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 26 March 2026 13:32
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> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Introduction — Nathan Harrell, Accessibility
> Advocate & Agentic Engineer
>
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> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Nathan Harrell. I'm a psychology student, web infrastructure
> engineer, and accessibility advocate based in Frederick, Maryland. I'm
> joining the WAI Interest Group because accessibility has been a core part
> of my professional identity for years — and after a period away due to
> health challenges, I'm coming back to the work I care most about.
>
> A bit about my background and what I bring to the group:
>
> I run a managed WordPress/WooCommerce hosting company called ShopHosting.
> WordPress powers roughly 40% of the web, and I believe accessibility at the
> hosting infrastructure level — not just the theme or plugin level — is an
> underserved area that deserves attention.
>
> I'm autistic and have ADHD, which means I experience accessibility gaps
> firsthand every day. I don't theorize about what inaccessible design feels
> like — I live inside it. That perspective shapes everything I build
>


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