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Gil.... As a "recently-used-to-be-working-for-Microsoft-type-person," as far as I know Microsoft doesn't have any special software on the market dedicated to the disabled. HOWEVER, if you're running Windows 95, there IS a feature which permits you to modify the keyboard a bit to accommodate some of the most common keystroke problems folks with movement disorders might have. To access that feature in Windows 95, click on MY COMPUTER (should be on your desktop), then click on CONTROL PANEL, then click on ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS (the icon is the International Handicapped sigh of the stick-figure in a wheelchair) IF possible I suggest you contact the following company and order their catalog. They offer more aids for the disabled than any catalog service I've yet to find, with LOTS of typing aids. I just phoned them to make sure they ship out of the US, and was assured they do. Following is their address and phone number: MAXI AIDS (Aids & Appliances for Independent Living) P.O. Box 3209 Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA 1(800) 522-6294 <--- toll free in USA) 1(516) 752-0521 (information via voice-call) 1(516) 752-0689 (24 hour FAX) I hope this is of help to Aliza and others of our List-Family. Barb Mallut (Catalog Queen) <grin> [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Gil Lieberman Sent: Thursday, July 17, 1997 6:57 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Microsoft Programs for the Disabled I saw James Slattery's note to Melody on Microsoft software programs for the= =20 disabled.My wife Aliza could really use them.She doesn't always have=20 control of her hands and fingers which sometimes results in undesirable effects.Can=FD=FD someone identify this software? What is it=20 called?Can it be downloaded from a Microsoft Web site? I tried e-mailing James at the address he gave:<[log in to unmask]> It didn't work.So I'm sending a message to the list. Thanks. Gil Lieberman,CG for Aliza,PD 2+ [log in to unmask]