Hi james >I wondered if anyone could help: > >I bought my parents a computer last year thinking that with the Internet = >it might be a way to connect with the outside world and be an escape = >from the insolation they currently seem to face. Unfortuately tecnofear = >set in and I don't live sufficiently close to hand to be on call to help = >them over that. We also had difficulty wading throught all the stuff on = >the Internet to find any useful websites related to PD. The other = >problem was lack of dexterity made it difficult for my father to use the = >mouse and keyboard There are a variety of special/large-key keyboards. There are also many pointing devices: try him on the Microsoft EeziBall, or the Alps Glidepoint. -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Hampshire, UK