COAT Members Urge Action by Wireless Industry to Improve Disability Accessibility

COAT MEMBERS URGE ACTION BY WIRELESS INDUSTRY TO IMPROVE DISABILITY ACCESSIBILITY
[SOURCE: Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology press release]
Consumers with disabilities are taking their concerns about lack of accessibility of cell phones to the Federal Communications Commission this month, with multiple complaints against numerous companies submitted by representatives of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT). “These complaints illustrate a market failure on the part of the cell phone industry to address accessibility,” said Paul Schroeder, VP of the Programs and Policy Group at the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), another COAT affiliate, which assisted over a dozen individuals in submitting complaints to the FCC recently. “While some companies have taken steps, consumers with vision loss have few good options for accessibility, and almost no reliable information about accessibility.”
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