[Nfbnet-master-list] Fwd: The Accessible Trading Initiative

[David Andrews]

>
>Hello,
>
>We're interested in hearing from blind and low-vision traders and 
>investors who have used E*Trade, TD Ameritrade, Scottrade, 
>ThinkOrSwim -- or any other online trading platform -- to discuss 
>your opinions and experiences as to the pros and cons with any of 
>the accounts and platforms you may have used.
>
>I've mentioned what I'm about to say in the past months, but have 
>since found that some respondents messages got through to me, while 
>some apparently hadn't. So if anyone responded previously on this 
>topic and didn't hear back, please forgive me -- and try again.
>
>A handful of blind traders and investors are putting together a 
>group of interested participants for an initiative, working 
>ultimately towards its own Nonprofit organization, dedicated to 
>making the world of investing and trading on the Internet more fully 
>accessible. So that those who are blind or have low-vision may trade 
>as readily as the sighted investors and traders who can do so any 
>time they wish.
>
>For many people, Day and Swing trading, and short-term investing, is 
>a means of income to survive and thrive on -- not just an investment 
>to retire on years into the future. Blind individuals should have 
>the ability to do so just as the sighted do. It is a viable means of 
>earning a regular, self-supporting income if one learns how. But to 
>millions of people around the globe, these tools, materials, and 
>opportunities are not accessible or usable on some very important 
>levels of access to independence.
>
>I've used some online paper-trading games to learn how to trade and 
>invest over the years. Investopedia, Stockpickr, etc. Even those are 
>inaccessible to screen readers with some of their more important and 
>necessary features. Our goal is to change this. To allow the blind 
>to have access, to have opportunity, to learn and earn if they so 
>wish, just like those who are fully sighted can.
>
>We want to make the training materials and the trading platforms, as 
>well as stock tickers and charts, fully accessible. We're looking 
>for interested traders and investors who are blind, as well as those 
>who'd like to learn how to trade. We're also looking for coders and 
>programmers who would be willing to work towards making these 
>platforms, programs, and training materials more fully accessible.
>
>Please contact me if you would like to be part of this initiative to 
>make the world of investing and trading more accessible. Also, 
>please share this message with anyone you think might be interested. Thank you.
>
>Strive On!
>
>Everett
>
>Everett Gavel
>
>Successful Adaptations, llc
>
>everettg at successfuladaptations.com
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