Wireless Accessibility
AccessWireless.Org is a gateway to information about accessible wireless services and devices and the wireless industry’s accessibility initiatives. CTIA and its member companies believe that all consumers should have access to wireless communications. The wireless industry is committed to providing individuals with disabilities the information they need to find and select accessible wireless services and devices to meet their individual needs.

Wireless Accessibility Offers Choices to Meet Your Lifestyle.
CTIA knows that individuals with disabilities value the mobility, convenience and safety and independence that wireless devices and services offer. That’s why wireless carriers are competing to offer service plans specifically for individuals with disabilities and innovative mobile devices with built-in accessibility features or compatibility with Assistive Technology (“AT”) and applications which may replace expensive, immobile assistive communication devices at significantly less cost. CTIA’s member companies’ consider all disabilities including hearing, visual, physical or cognitive impairments simultaneously when designing and offering a communications device or service.

Wireless Holds Significant Quality of Life Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities.
CTIA recognizes that wireless devices and services are vital to the accessibility community’s personal, business and emergency communications. Wireless broadband services hold the potential to significantly improve an individual with disability’s quality of life through new opportunities in employment, education, health care, and public safety.

Tips for Finding Accessible Wireless Services & Devices.
The selection of a wireless device is a highly personalized choice that is based on a range of unique factors including attributes of the device, abilities and product awareness of the consumer and personal resources.

• Check if your service provider offers any plans specifically for individuals with disabilities.
• Review AccessWireless.Org’s Consumer Guide to Wireless Accessibility Features before making your next wireless purchase.
• Be sure to “Try, Before You Buy” a wireless device in the wireless carrier’s retail store.

Please check AccessWireless.Org for the latest developments in accessible wireless devices and services.