Schwab was aware of Web access problems earlier. Its solution was to provide broker assisted trades at the same price of Internet trades rather than commit to an overall plan of WCAG accessibility. The company was informed of other problems when it was presented with the ultimatum to enter into structured negotiations with plaintiff’s attorneys that the company would eventually compensate or resolve the issues through a class action lawsuit in the California courts. The company was cooperative only to avoid the high damage awards for disability discrimination in California. Thank goodness the company has changed its practices in the long term and has embraced accessibility. By contrast, Fidelity has made its site fully accessible without lawyers or the threat of a lawsuit.
Kelly On 11/6/14, Adrian Spratt via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > "Force" is a strong word in this case, both for the situation preceding > those settlement discussions and Schwab's embrace of accessibility ever > since. The issue that spurred the negotiations involved Schwab's options > pages. I hate to see such cooperation belittled. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce > via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 5:35 PM > To: Gaylen Kapperman; The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: looking for accessible stock trading sites > > Both Fidelity and Schwab are fully accessible in their own ways. > Fidelity has a dedicated Web accessibility team and has spoken at CSUN > on its Web access efforts. Schwab was forced into a legal settlement > to adhere to W3c Web access standards. It now complies with those > standards and is accessible. I use both. > > > Kelly > > > > > On 11/6/14, Gaylen Kapperman via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >> Does anyone know of one or more really >> accessible stock trading >> sites? If so, please advise. thanks. >> Gaylen Kapperman >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
